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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A suburb of Sydney in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
2. 2
   A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).

Etymology

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

Related phrases

Padstow Heights

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