Camborne

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Definitions

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

Etymology

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

Related phrases

british columbiaghost townnew zealandnorth islandnorthumberland county

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