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Pemberton

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A neighbourhood of Windermere, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A town in Western Australia, Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A village in British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5504). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A suburb of Llanelli in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5300). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A city in Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A borough and township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, both named after landowner James Pemberton. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old Welsh pen (“head, summit”) + Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“village, town”). Or else, the second element may be Old Welsh byr (“short”).

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