Penzance

American

[pen-zans] / pɛnˈzæns /

noun

a seaport in southwestern Cornwall, in the southwestern extremity of England: summer resort town.

Penzance British

/ pɛnˈzæns /

noun

a town in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the westernmost town in England; resort and fishing port. Pop: 20 255 (2001)

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They sat together three meals a day, but earlier in the year they had attended a production of The Pirates of Penzance, and sometimes they took the Shady Glen van to Target together.

From Literature

Yellow alerts stretch from Penzance to the Shetland Islands, while central and northern Scotland are under more severe amber warnings.

From BBC

Nathan Pockett, a driving instructor from Pass with Pockett, said he has known people to come from as far as "Penzance and Cumbria" to take their test.

From BBC

Jewellery maker Emma Joyce was selling at the Wynter Fayre in Penzance, and said everything on sale there was handmade but she was aware of unscrupulous sellers at other events.

From BBC

St Petrocs runs two community-based resource centres in Truro and Penzance.

From BBC

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