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Cockburn

/ˈkoʊbəɹn/

Cockburn proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Cockburn (countable and uncountable, plural Cockburns)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.
  3. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn; in full, the City of Cockburn.

Forms of Cockburn

pluralCockburns
alternative formCoburn

Origin of Cockburn

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

Questions about Cockburn

What does Cockburn mean?
Cockburn means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Cockburn?
Cockburn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cockburn?
Cockburn is pronounced /ˈkoʊbəɹn/.

Words near Cockburn in the dictionary

  1. cockbrained
  2. cockbrains
  3. cockbreath
  4. cockbulge
  5. cockbulges
  6. Cockburn
  7. Cockburns
  8. Cockburnspath
  9. cockchafer
  10. cockchafers
  11. Cockcroft

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