Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of western New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia.
  • A city of central South Carolina northeast of Columbia. The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780) was a major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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  • proper noun An inner London borough comprising Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.
  • proper noun A town name in various other locales.
  • proper noun A habitational surname.
  • proper noun A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.

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  • noun a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia

Etymologies

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From Old English campas ("enclosure") + denu ("valley").

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Examples

  • CAMDEN - Trash collection will be suspended Saturday in parts of Camden due to an expected snowstorm.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - A new privately run Camden County jail is likely to be built in downtown Camden, as county officials announced they have ruled out placing a facility in any community that expresses opposition.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - Four Cumberland County parishes will merge into one next month, the Diocese of Camden has announced.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - A new privately run Camden County jail is likely to be built in downtown Camden, as county officials announced they have ruled out placing a facility in any community that expresses opposition.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - Four Cumberland County parishes will merge into one next month, the Diocese of Camden has announced.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - A Camden elementary school student was left on a school bus for more than four hours Monday when the driver and a substitute aide apparently failed to check the seats after dropping students off in the morning, officials said.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN (AP) -- New Jersey authorities say a 32-year-old Camden man has been charged with flashing a laser light at a National Guard helicopter that was assisting Camden police.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN, SC (WIS) - A Camden man accused of holding his girlfriend hostage and hurting her using everything from a butcher knife to boiling water is awaiting a bond hearing.

    WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

  • CAMDEN - An admitted killer for a Camden drug gang who turned government informant was sentenced Friday to 17 years in federal prison.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • CAMDEN - Four Cumberland County parishes will merge into one next month, the Diocese of Camden has announced.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

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