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Penrith.

A market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, historically in Cumberland (OS grid ref NY5130).

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  1. A market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, historically in Cumberland (OS grid ref NY5130).

  2. A town and western suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

  3. A local government area in New South Wales; in full, the City of Penrith.

  4. An unincorporated community in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States.

Where this word comes from

First element from Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”). Suffix probably Cumbric *rıd (“ford”), or possibly Cumbric *rüð (“red”).

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