Camberley

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proper noun

A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England.
  2. A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.

Origin

In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town.

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APA

Camberley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camberley

MLA

“Camberley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camberley. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Camberley,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camberley.

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