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Peterborough
[ pee-ter-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, -ber-uh ]
noun
- a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- Soke of [sohk], a former administrative division in Cambridgeshire, in central England. 84 sq. mi. (218 sq. km).
Peterborough
/ -brə; ˈpiːtəbərə /
noun
- 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)
- a unitary authority in central England, in Cambridgeshire. Pop: 158 800 (2003 est). Area: 402 sq km (155 sq miles)
- Soke of Peterborougha former administrative unit of E central England, generally considered part of Northamptonshire or Huntingdonshire: absorbed into Cambridgeshire in 1974
- a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario: manufacturing centre. Pop: 73 303 (2001)
- a traditional type of wooden canoe formerly made in Peterborough, SE Ontario
Example Sentences
It lost 674 council seats and control of all 16 local authorities it was defending but wrested the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoralty from Labour.
In the East of England, the Conservatives also lost control of Hertfordshire County Council and the unitary Buckinghamshire Council, but they did win the mayoral contest in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which was won by Labour last time round.
On Friday, following this week's election results - which saw the party lose 674 seats nationally - she visited Peterborough to congratulate Paul Bristow, the newly elected Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
It captured the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoralty from Labour - a silver lining for the party in an otherwise dismal set of results.
The six mayoral elections are taking place in the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Doncaster, North Tyneside and - for the first time - in Hull and East Yorkshire, and Greater Lincolnshire.
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