Pembroke.
A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
Meaning & usage
A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
A river (the Pembroke River) in Pembrokeshire, that ends in Milford Haven, and is tidal up to the town of Pembroke.
A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
A place in Canada: A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
A place in Canada: A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
A place in Canada: A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Maine.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Genesee County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Giles County, Virginia.
A parish in Bermuda.
A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
A surname.
Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.
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