# Camborne

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).
2. A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.
3. A community in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A suburb of the city of Porirua, Wellington region, New Zealand.

## Etymology
From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/camborne