Cockburn
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Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn or rarely /ˈkoʊkbərn/) is a surname of Scottish origin.
Cockburn may also refer to:
Places
Australia
- City of Cockburn, Local Government Area of Western Australia, named after Admiral Sir George Cockburn
- Electoral district of Cockburn, seat in the Western Australian parliament
- Cockburn, South Australia, on the NSW-SA state border
- Cockburn River, tributary of the Namoi River, NSW
- Cockburn Central, Western Australia, in the southern suburbs of Perth
Canada
- Cockburn Island (Ontario), a 120-square-mile (310 km2) island in Lake Huron
- Cape Cockburn (Nunavut), a cape at the southern end of Bathurst Island in Nunavut
- Cockburn River (Nunavut), a river in north-central Baffin Island in Nunavut
Caribbean
- Cockburn Gardens, a district in the eastern part of Kingston, Jamaica
- Cockburn Harbour, a settlement in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Cockburn Town, the capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Cockburn Town, Bahamas on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, named after Sir Francis Cockburn
Other places
- Cockburn Island (Antarctica)
- Cockburn School, a secondary school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
- Cockburn Channel, a 64 km long sea channel in Tierra del Fuego
Other uses
- Cockburn Collection, a collection of tartan patterns
- Cockburn's Port, a brand of port wine produced by Symington Family Estates
See also
- Coburn (disambiguation), pronounced the same as Cockburn
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