Cambo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.
Proper noun
[edit]Cambo
- A village in Northumberland, England.
- A locality in Fife, Scotland.
- Cambo-les-Bains, a town in the Basque area of France.
- 1873, Henry Russell, Biarritz and Basque Countries, page 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.
- A surname
- 1916, The Bridgemen's Magazine, page 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.
- 1924, United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Foreign Crops and Markets, page 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.