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Camberley

Camberley proper noun: a town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.

Proper noun

Camberley

  1. A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.
  2. A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.

Origin of Camberley

In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town.

Questions about Camberley

What does Camberley mean?
Camberley means a town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.
What part of speech is Camberley?
Camberley is a proper noun.

Words near Camberley in the dictionary

  1. camber beams
  2. camber-keeled
  3. cambered
  4. cambering
  5. camberings
  6. Camberley
  7. cambers
  8. Camberwell
  9. Camberwell beauties
  10. Camberwell beauty
  11. Camberwell carrot

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