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📍 A place name 🐶 A small corgi
Pembroke

Pembroke

6.9
A small Corgi dog with short legs, upright ears and a short tail
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛmbroʊk/
translation icon : corgi galés de Pembroke
  • My friend adopted a Pembroke Welsh Corgi that loves to chase after squirrels in the park.

Examples

  • The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is known for its friendly disposition and intelligence.

  • The trainer praised the Pembroke Welsh Corgi for its quick learning abilities during obedience school.

  • So like the personality of a cardigan is usually a lot more slap happy and clownish, whereas Pembrokes are much more serious about their about their work.

Synonyms

Pembroke Welsh corgi
vsPembroke
4.0

A small dog from Wales with a short tail, pointed ears, and short legs

is the official breed name for that same small dog

Compounds

Pembroke Welsh corgi
4.0

A small dog from Wales with a short tail, pointed ears, and short legs

Surface Forms

Pembroke singular
Pembrokes plural

Etymology

Pembroke for the dog comes from a place in Wales called Penfro, where pen means 'head' or 'end' and bro means 'land' or 'region'. So a Pembroke corgi is the corgi that came from that part of Wales.