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Pembroke

  • /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

proper noun

  1. A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
  2. A river (the Pembroke River) in Pembrokeshire, that ends in Milford Haven, and is tidal up to the town of Pembroke. A striking view is obtained from the train of the ruins of the ancient castle, which stands at the western end of the town on a mass of limestone rock rising precipitously from the tidal waters of the estuary of Pembroke River, a branch of Milford Haven.
  3. A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
  4. A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
  5. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
  6. A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
  7. A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
  8. A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  9. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
  10. A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
  11. A town in Washington County, Maine.
  12. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  13. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  14. A town in Genesee County, New York.
  15. A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
  16. A town in Giles County, Virginia.
  17. A parish in Bermuda.
  18. A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
  19. A surname.
  20. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
  21. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sidney, sarnia, newport, pembroke dock, tenby, pembrey, haverfordwest, brecon, hook, pembrokeshire, wolfscastle, penally, bethesda, wales, templeton, pencoed

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name town

한국어펨브로크 pembeurokeu
中文彭布羅克 /彭布罗克 Péngbùluókè

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MLA

"Pembroke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pembroke. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{pembroke_2026,
  title = {Pembroke},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pembroke},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}