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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Robotic arms are used in some locations but not all—not in Pembroke Pines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Materials-recovery facilities like the one in Pembroke Pines—a Broward County community—are at the heart of how residential recycling programs work nationwide.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Victorian-era HMS Erebus, built in Pembroke Dock in 1826, became part of nautical folklore after it vanished in the mid-19th Century.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The new exhibition will open at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre on 8 June, 200 years after Erebus was launched from the dockyard there in June 1826.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Number seven was that TRW happened to call Bud Pembroke.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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