Pembroke

 

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Pembroke

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/

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Pembroke

1. A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801). ^[1]
2. A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
3. A place in Canada:
   1. A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
   2. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
   2. A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
   5. A town in Washington County, Maine.
   6. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
   7. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
   8. A town in Genesee County, New York.
   9. A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
   10. A town in Giles County, Virginia.
5. A parish in Bermuda.
6. A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. ^[2]
7. A surname.
8. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
9. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.