Penrith

English

Etymology

First element from Cumbric pen (“head, top, summit”). Suffix probably equivalent to Welsh rhyd (“ford”).

Proper noun

Penrith

  1. A market town and civil parish of Eden district, Cumbria, England, formerly in Cumberland.
  2. A city, a western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
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