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Cambo

Cambo proper noun: a village in Northumberland, England.

Proper noun

Cambo

  1. A village in Northumberland, England.
  2. A locality in Fife, Scotland.
  3. Cambo-les-Bains (a town in the Basque area of France).
    • CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.1873, Henry Russell, Biarritz and Basque Countries, page 75
  4. A surname
    • There is no doubt that Judge Cambo was a man of integrity and ability. Some even told that he had a conscience. In his youth he was considered sentimental and went so far, upon occasion, as to write poetry.1916, The Bridgemen's Magazine, page 359
    • […] ex-Minister of Agriculture Cambo, said to be one of Spain's leading financial powers. Mr. Cambo appears to be the head of the new enterprise, which has the backing of a group of Barcelona bankers and other prominent Spaniards.1924, United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Foreign Crops and Markets, page 126

Origin of Cambo

The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

Questions about Cambo

What does Cambo mean?
Cambo means a village in Northumberland, England.
What part of speech is Cambo?
Cambo is a proper noun.

Words near Cambo in the dictionary

  1. cambiums
  2. cambivore
  3. cambivores
  4. camblet
  5. camblets
  6. Cambo
  7. Cambodia
  8. Cambodian
  9. Cambodian red
  10. Cambodianness
  11. Cambodians

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