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Camborne

Camborne proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).

Proper noun

Camborne

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).
  2. A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A community in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A suburb of the city of Porirua, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Origin of Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

Questions about Camborne

What does Camborne mean?
Camborne means a town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).
What part of speech is Camborne?
Camborne is a proper noun.

Words near Camborne in the dictionary

  1. Cambolao
  2. Cambondo screeching frog
  3. Camboon
  4. camboose
  5. cambooses
  6. Camborne
  7. camborthid
  8. camborthids
  9. Cambourne
  10. cambouse
  11. cambouses

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