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Cambourne

Cambourne proper noun: a new settlement and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3259).

Proper noun

Cambourne

  1. A new settlement and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3259).

Origin of Cambourne

A portmanteau of Cambridge and Bourn, a village to the south.

Questions about Cambourne

What does Cambourne mean?
Cambourne means a new settlement and civil parish with a town council in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3259).
What part of speech is Cambourne?
Cambourne is a proper noun.

Words near Cambourne in the dictionary

  1. camboose
  2. cambooses
  3. Camborne
  4. camborthid
  5. camborthids
  6. Cambourne
  7. cambouse
  8. cambouses
  9. cambox
  10. camboxes
  11. camboy

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