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camborne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
cam-borne
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).

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A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.

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A community in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

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A suburb of the city of Porirua, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Etymology

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

Cambourne Camburn

Questions

What does camborne mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).
Where does camborne come from?
From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

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