Camborne (EN) / Kammbronn (KW)

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Attested in texts: cambron(10)
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bronn

Meaning: 
breast-shaped hill

kamm

Meaning: 
step, bent, crooked
Elements notes: 
kamm 'crooked, bent' + bronn 'hill'
Historic forms: 
Cambron c1100, 1252, 1291, 1302, 1305, 1329, 1342, and generally thus until 1558. Camberon, 1181. Kameron 1252. Cambron 1302. Cambroun 1302, 1311, 1333, 1355. Camberoun 1308, 1310. Camron 1403. Cambrone 1426. Camborne 1431, c1579. Marasake alias Camborne 1625.
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