Peterborough

[ pee-ter-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, -ber-uh ]

noun

1. a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
2. a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
3. Soke of [sohk], a former administrative division in Cambridgeshire, in central England. 84 sq. mi. (218 sq. km).

Peterborough

/ -brə; ˈpiːtəbərə /

noun

1. a city in central England, in Peterborough unitary authority, N Cambridgeshire on the River Nene: industrial centre; under development as a new town since 1968. Pop: 136 292 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in central England, in Cambridgeshire. Pop: 158 800 (2003 est). Area: 402 sq km (155 sq miles)
3. Soke of Peterborough
   a former administrative unit of E central England, generally considered part of Northamptonshire or Huntingdonshire: absorbed into Cambridgeshire in 1974
4. a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario: manufacturing centre. Pop: 73 303 (2001)
5. a traditional type of wooden canoe formerly made in Peterborough, SE Ontario

Example Sentences

For a hare to endure such a perilous journey, it must balance the need to find food without becoming food, says Dennis Murray, a terrestrial ecologist at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada, who wasn’t involved in the work.

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Now, as a new school year looms, hardly anyone in Peterborough wants to bring kids back inside.

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Leaving the main road a detour of a few miles enabled us to visit Crowland Abbey shortly before reaching Peterborough.

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It was about ten o'clock when we reached the excellent station hotel in Peterborough.

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The market square of Peterborough was one of the largest we had seen—another evidence of the agricultural importance of the town.

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The most individual feature of Peterborough is the three great arches on the west, or entrance, front.

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Peterborough was stripped of most of its images and carvings by Cromwell's soldiers and its windows are modern and inferior.

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