Camperdown

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Camperdown

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From the naval Battle of Camperdown, fought off Camperduin in the Netherlands.

proper noun

  1. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2772).
  2. An area and park in the City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3632).
  3. A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  4. An inner suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural town in south-western Victoria, Australia, named after the Earl of Camperdown.

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"Camperdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/camperdown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

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

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@misc{camperdown_2026,
  title = {Camperdown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camperdown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}