Peterborough

[ pee-ter-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, -ber-uh ]

noun

1. a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
2. a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
3. Soke of [sohk], a former administrative division in Cambridgeshire, in central England. 84 sq. mi. (218 sq. km).

Peterborough

/ -brə; ˈpiːtəbərə /

noun

1. 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: 136 292 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in central England, in Cambridgeshire. Pop: 158 800 (2003 est). Area: 402 sq km (155 sq miles)
3. Soke of Peterborough
   a former administrative unit of E central England, generally considered part of Northamptonshire or Huntingdonshire: absorbed into Cambridgeshire in 1974
4. a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario: manufacturing centre. Pop: 73 303 (2001)
5. a traditional type of wooden canoe formerly made in Peterborough, SE Ontario

Example Sentences

The DfT says say Leicester, the Isle of Wight, Torbay, Southend, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are set to receive "unprecedented" levels of funding.

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The Home Office will house 146 asylum seekers at the Dragonfly Hotel in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, as first reported by the Peterborough Telegraph.

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The two Labour MPs covering Peterborough, Andrew Pakes and Sam Carling, said they would keep "fighting" for clear information from government.

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The hotel is located next to Peterborough's rowing lake and borders Nene Park.

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Peterborough City Council's Labour leader, Dennis Jones, claimed that the local authority was already housing "far more" than its share of asylum seekers, compared with anywhere else in England.

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