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Cambo
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English
Etymology
The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from en xpi cam bent, crooked + xpi -oc, a noun-forming suffix.
Proper noun
en village co/Northumberland cc/England.
en locality co/Fife cc/Scotland.
en town in the Basque area of c/France Cambo-les-Bains.
en 1873 Henry Russell Biarritz and Basque Countries 75 CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.
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en 1916 The Bridgemen's Magazine 359 There is no doubt that Judge Cambo was a man of integrity and ability. Some even told that he had a conscience. In his youth he was considered sentimental and went so far, upon occasion, as to write poetry.
en 1924 United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Foreign Crops and Markets 126 ex-Minister of Agriculture Cambo, said to be one of Spain's leading financial powers. Mr. Cambo appears to be the head of the new enterprise, which has the backing of a group of Barcelona bankers and other prominent Spaniards.