Cambo

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Cambo

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The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

proper noun

A village in Northumberland, England.
A locality in Fife, Scotland.
Cambo-les-Bains (a town in the Basque area of France). CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.
A surname There is no doubt that Judge Cambo was a man of integrity and ability. Some even told that he had a conscience. In his youth he was considered sentimental and went so far, upon occasion, as to write poetry.

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"Cambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cambo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Cambo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cambo

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"Cambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cambo.

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@misc{cambo_2026,
  title = {Cambo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cambo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}