Pembroke
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Aerial view of Pembroke Castle and Main Street, Pembrokeshire, Wales
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Pembroke
- A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801). [1]
- A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
- A place in Canada:
- A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
- A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
- A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
- A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
- A town in Washington County, Maine.
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
- A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Genesee County, New York.
- A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
- A town in Giles County, Virginia.
- A parish in Bermuda.
- A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. [2]
- A surname.
- (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
- (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.