Penzance

American  

[pen-zans] / pɛnˈzæns /

noun

1. a seaport in southwestern Cornwall, in the southwestern extremity of England: summer resort town.

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Penzance British  

/ pɛnˈzæns /

noun

1. a town in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the westernmost town in England; resort and fishing port. Pop: 20 255 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Yellow alerts stretch from Penzance to the Shetland Islands, while central and northern Scotland are under more severe amber warnings.

From BBC

Nathan Pockett, a driving instructor from Pass with Pockett, said he has known people to come from as far as "Penzance and Cumbria" to take their test.

From BBC

Jewellery maker Emma Joyce was selling at the Wynter Fayre in Penzance, and said everything on sale there was handmade but she was aware of unscrupulous sellers at other events.

From BBC

St Petrocs runs two community-based resource centres in Truro and Penzance.

From BBC

She’s broken box office records with roles in Broadway shows like “Chicago,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” and, most recently, Cole Escola’s absurdist historical comedy “Oh, Mary,” where for two sold-out months she twirled and stomped across the Lyceum stage, playing a version of Mary Todd Lincoln that can only be described as Lucille Ball meets the Tasmanian Devil, two of her biggest inspirations.

From Los Angeles Times