Pembroke
Americannoun
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a town in Pembrokeshire, in southwestern Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
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one of a variety of Welsh corgi having a short or docked tail.
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a city in southeastern Massachusetts.
noun
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a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire on Milford Haven: 11th-century castle where Henry VII was born. Pop (with Pembroke Dock): 15 890 (2001)
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the smaller variety of corgi, usually having a short tail
Etymology
Origin of Pembroke
From Old British pennbrog ( Welsh penfro ) “land's end, headland,” equivalent to penn “head, end” + brog “region, country”
Example Sentences
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Specialist marine contractors Jevington Logistics, from Pembroke Dock, started recovering the stranded ship on 29 June.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Five new or upgraded recycling facilities like the one in Pembroke Pines will open this year, and an identical facility is slated to be operational in Tampa, Fla., next year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Robotic arms are used in some locations but not all—not in Pembroke Pines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Seizing the opportunity, the researchers stopped at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and set up their equipment in a parking lot.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
Number eight was that the best programmers Pembroke knew for that particular problem happened to be two high school kids.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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