Pembroke

//ˈpɛmbɹʊk// name, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
  2. 2
    A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
  3. 3
    A place in Canada:; A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
  4. 4
    A place in Canada:; A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
  5. 5
    A place in Canada:; A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Maine.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Genesee County, New York.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Giles County, Virginia.
  11. 16
    A parish in Bermuda.
  12. 17
    A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
  13. 18
    A surname.
  14. 19
    Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
  15. 20
    Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Noun
  1. 1
    the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail wordnet

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

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