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Penrose

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  1. 1
    A surname from Cornish.
  2. 2
    A small village in St Ervan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8770).
  3. 3
    A small town in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. 4
    A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales.
  5. 5
    A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Fremont County, Colorado.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood in Arlington County, Virginia.

Etymology

From Cornish penn (“head”) + ros (“moor, heathland”).

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