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Harrogate , city (1991 pop. 68,637), North Yorkshire, N central England. It is residential with a tourist and health resort, having more than 80 mineral springs. Harrogate is also a popular trade exhibition center and has varied light industry.

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Harrogate N. Yorks. Harwegate 1332. ‘(Place at) the road to the cairn or heap of stones’. OScand. hǫrgr + gata.

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Harrogate, Australia, UK, USA UK (England): formerly Harwegate. The name is of Scandinavian origin meaning the ‘(Place on the) Road to the Pile of Stones’ from Old Scandinavian họrgr ‘pile of stones’ and gata ‘road’ or ‘way’. In the Scandinavian sense ‘road’ may have meant the ‘right of way for cattle to pasture’.

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