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Camden

American  
[kam-duhn] / ˈkæm dən /

noun

  1. a borough of Greater London, England.

  2. a port in SW New Jersey, on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia.

  3. a city in SW Arkansas.


Camden 1 British  
/ ˈkæmdən /

noun

  1. a borough of N Greater London. Pop: 210 700 (2003 est). Area: 21 sq km (8 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Camden 2 British  
/ ˈkæmdən /

noun

  1. William. 1551–1623, English antiquary and historian; author of Britannia (1586)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The force said they were detained when a "spontaneous protest" was staged outside the Camden headquarters of the UK's largest Jewish community group.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There are five bedrooms in the main residence, providing more than enough space for Nick, Vanessa, and their three children: Camden, Phoenix, and Brooklyn.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Abdi-Wali, whose family came to London from Somalia as refugees in the 1990s when she was a child, has been the leader of Camden Council since May.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Mr. Rubenstein wisely abandoned his idea to eliminate John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” as part of the beloved seventh-inning-stretch ritual at Camden Yards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

As they moved slowly North, through Camden, Dover, Smyrna, Blackbird, she became aware of the heavy brooding silence that hung over them.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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