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Penrith
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English
Etymology
First element from en xcb *penn head, top, summit. Suffix probably en xcb *rıd ford, or possibly en xcb *rüð red.
Proper noun
en market town/and/cpar in uauth/Westmorland and Furness co/Cumbria cc/England previously in dist/Eden historically in x/Cumberland OS grid ref NY5130. Parish map (England)
en 5 July 2024 Labour seizes Cumbria winning five of six seats https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2503lqp84go BBC News The Conservatives lost Carlisle, Penrith and Solway, Whitehaven and Workington, Barrow and Furness and Morecambe and Lunesdale. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20240715200506/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2503lqp84go
en 3 September 2026 Jason Arunn Murugesu Rural on-demand bus service to expand https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r6km2znrgo BBC News Booking for the new Penrith service, which includes villages such as Appleby, Newbiggin and Millhouse, opens from 7 September. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260903160529/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r6km2znrgo
en town/and/western suburb city/Sydney in the city:Pref/Penrith s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en lgarea in s/New South Wales the City of Penrith.
en unincorporated community co/Pend Oreille County s/Washington c/USA.
Derived terms
en South Penrith
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