Camden

[ kam-duhn ]

/ ˈkæm dən /

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noun

a borough of Greater London, England.

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

a city in SW Arkansas.

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Words nearby Camden

Cambridge blue, Cambridgeshire, Cambs, Cambyses, camcorder, Camden, came, camel, camelback, camel case, camel cricket

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How to use Camden in a sentence

Camden, CWGExpress forecastForecast in detailToday’s windiness dies down tonight into tomorrow, with rain chances going up slightly by Saturday night into Sunday.
D.C.-area forecast: A chilly wind today, then slowly warmer into next week|A. Camden Walker|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
He put me in charge of the Camden label, the economy line subsidiary, because it was supposed to fold.
Ethel Gabriel, trailblazing producer and executive at RCA Records, dies at 99|Terence McArdle|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
She supervised recordings by the Living Strings, an ad hoc studio orchestra that did symphonic and chamber renditions of standards and pop songs and ran the record company’s Camden budget line.
Ethel Gabriel, trailblazing producer and executive at RCA Records, dies at 99|Terence McArdle|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
“What goes on outside of the school day for that student is going to impact their success,” said Megan Lepore, director of development and sustainability at the Center for Family Services, which administers Camden’s Promise Neighborhood grant.
As Harlem Children’s Zone moves to export its model nationwide, other city programs offer cautionary tales|Amadou Diallo|December 11, 2020|Washington Post

WNYC reported on how a company in Camden, New Jersey, provided a false answer on an application for tax breaks, leading the state to freeze the tax break pending further investigation.
ProPublica Selects Six Public Broadcasting Projects for Local Reporting Network|by ProPublica|August 21, 2020|ProPublica
It does not sound like the sort of thing we would want in Camden.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It sounds horrible,” Camden Green Party Councillor Sian Berry told The Mirror.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would come through to Camden Station, Baltimore, without stop, and we could have our circulation hustlers waiting for it there.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ceremony was led by the mayor of Camden, Jonathan Simpson.
The U.K.’s First Gay Marriage|Nico Hines|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's not like I came up on the mean streets of Camden, or come from a long line of dockworkers.
America’s New Mandarins|Megan McArdle|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The antiquarian Camden, were he to revisit Yarmouth, would not be a little astonished at what he would see.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
Besides, as Camden remarks, the fact was a confirmation of what the common people of his time remarked.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
He treated Grafton with extreme coldness, and Camden, who had sneered at him in his absence, at once followed his lead.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
The aged Camden, however, spoke strongly in its favour, and it was carried in spite of the chancellor's opposition.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Never was debut so successful, as Chloe's first appearance in Camden Place.
The Widow's Dog|Mary Russell Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for Camden (1 of 2)

Camden¹

/ (ˈkæmdən) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for Camden (2 of 2)

Camden²

/ (ˈkæmdən) /

noun

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

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