English Explanatory Dictionary

Camperdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2772).
  2. An area and park in the City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3632).
  3. A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  4. An inner suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural town in south-western Victoria, Australia, named after the Earl of Camperdown.

Word forms

Camperdown

Etymology

From the naval Battle of Camperdown, fought off Camperduin in the Netherlands.

Derived words

Camperdown elm
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