Pe·ter·bor·ough (p  t r-bûr , -br-, -b r )1. A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, northeast of Toronto. Settled in the 1820s as a lumbering town, it is now an industrial center and railroad junction. Population: 74,900. 2. A municipal borough of east-central England east of Leicester. Catherine of Aragon is buried in the cathedral here. Population: 136,000. |
Peterborough [ˈpiːtəbərə -brə]
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1. (Placename) a city in central England, in Peterborough unitary authority, N Cambridgeshire on the River Nene: industrial centre; under development as a new town since 1968. Pop.: 134 788 (1991 est.).
2. (Placename) a unitary authority in central England, in Cambridgeshire. Pop.: 156 060 (2001). Area: 402 sq. km (155 sq. miles)
3. (Placename) Soke of. a former administrative unit of E central England, generally considered part of Northamptonshire or Huntingdonshire: absorbed into Cambridgeshire in 1974
4. (Placename) a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario: manufacturing centre. Pop.: 68 371 (1991)
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a traditional type of wooden canoe formerly made in Peterborough, SE Ontario
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