Cockburn

//ˈkoʊbəɹn// name

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Definitions

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

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"Mrs Cockburn concealed her name lest the knowledge of her sex and youth should produce a prejudice against her work."

Etymology

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

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