# Pembroke

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/ · frequency rank #26,550

## Definitions
1. A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).
2. A river (the Pembroke River) in Pembrokeshire, that ends in Milford Haven, and is tidal up to the town of Pembroke.
3. A town in the Northern Region, Malta.
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17. A parish in Bermuda.
18. A rural settlement near Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
19. A surname.
20. Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Oxford.
21. Ellipsis of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

## Common misspellings (12)
`epmbroke`, `pebmroke`, `pembbroke`, `pemborke`, `pembrkoe`, `pembroek`, `pembrokke`, `pembrroke`, `pemmbroke`, `pemrboke`, `pmebroke`, `ppembroke`

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