Cambo

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cambo

1. A village in Northumberland, England.
2. A locality in Fife, Scotland.
3. Cambo-les-Bains, a town in the Basque area of France.
   • 1873, Henry Russell, Biarritz and Basque Countries, page 75:

     CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.

4. A surname
   • 1916, The Bridgemen's Magazine, page 359:

     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.

   • 1924, United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Foreign Crops and Markets, page 126:

     […] ex-Minister of Agriculture Cambo, said to be one of Spain's leading financial powers. Mr. Cambo appears to be the head of the new enterprise, which has the backing of a group of Barcelona bankers and other prominent Spaniards.