Pembroke

[pem-brook, -brohk]

noun

1. a town in Pembrokeshire, in southwestern Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.

2. Pembrokeshire.

3. one of a variety of Welsh corgi having a short or docked tail.

4. a city in southeastern Massachusetts.

Pembroke

/ ˈpɛmbrʊk /

noun

1. 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)

2. the smaller variety of corgi, usually having a short tail

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pembroke¹

From Old British pennbrog ( Welsh penfro ) “land's end, headland,” equivalent to penn “head, end” + brog “region, country”

Example Sentences

"I'm getting it out there and putting the message across about manifestation for them," Pembroke said.

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Priestley had strong connections to the University of Oxford where Tolkien stood as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College.

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Lord Smith, who has been the master of Pembroke College since 2015, will hold the ceremonial office for 10 years.

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The day before the gig, Mr Stephens and his friend decided to drive to The Speculation Inn near Pembroke, a pub owned and run by Mr Gray's family, to confront him.

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The Welsh government said the work would reduce journey times to ports such as Milford Haven, Wales' busiest for freight which handles about 40 million tonnes per year, as well as Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.

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