Cockburn

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Cockburn

/ˈkoʊbəɹn/
/ˈkoʊkbəɹn/

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Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

proper noun Cockburns · Coburn

countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
countable, uncountable A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.
countable, uncountable A local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn; in full, the City of Cockburn.

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@misc{cockburn_2026,
  title = {Cockburn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cockburn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}