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Marlborough| Region in northeast South Island, New Zealand; area 10,930 sq km/4,220 sq mi; population (1996) 40,200. The administrative centre is Blenheim. There is sheep, cattle, and mussel farming, vine growing, and a tourist industry. Picton, to the north, is the main inter-island road and rail ferry terminal. |
Marlborough| City in Middlesex County, east-central Massachusetts, 43 km/27 mi west of Boston; population (2000 est) 36,300. Marlborough has been a shoe-manufacturing centre since 1812. Other industries include the manufacture of missile components, metal stampings, electronics, chemicals, sports goods, computers, and paper boxes. |
| Named after Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, the city was first incorporated in 1660, and incorporated as a city in 1890. |
| It has seven entries on the national register of historic places, and was the site of an early streetcar system. |
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