Pembroke

English

Aerial view of Pembroke Castle and Main Street, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Pembroke

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.
   • 1959 October, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 668:

     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 place in Canada:
   1. A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
   2. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Georgia.
   2. A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Christian County, Kentucky.
   5. A town in Washington County, Maine.
   6. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
   7. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
   8. A town in Genesee County, New York.
   9. A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.
   10. A town in Giles County, Virginia.
6. A parish in Bermuda.
7. A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
8. A surname.
9. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
10. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Derived terms

• Pembroke Dock
• Pembroke Pines
• Pembrokeshire

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彭布羅克 / 彭布罗克 (Péngbùluókè)

• Korean: 펨브로크 (pembeurokeu)
• Welsh: Penfro