Meanings
- A village in Northumberland, England.
- Cambo-les-Bains (a town in the Basque area of France).
CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.
1873, Henry Russell, Biarritz and Basque Countries, page 75 - A surname
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.
1916, The Bridgemen's Magazine, page 3591 more example
[…] 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.
1924, United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Foreign Crops and Markets, page 126
Origin
- Pictishcam“bent, crooked”
- EnglishCambo
The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.
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Cambo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cambo
“Cambo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cambo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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