Penryn is a Cornish word meaning 'headland' that may refer to: *

Penryn, Cornwall Penryn (; , meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about northwest of Falmouth. The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census and had been reduced to 6,812 in the 2 ...

, United Kingdom, a town of about 7,000 on the Penryn River ** Penryn railway station, a station on the

Maritime Line The Maritime Line is a branch line railway in Cornwall that runs from the city of Truro to Falmouth. Since 2009, the line has run half-hourly trains in both directions between Truro railway station and Falmouth Docks railway station via the v ...

between

Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

and Falmouth Docks, and serves the town of Penryn, Cornwall ** Penryn Campus is a university

campus A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls. By extension, a corp ...

in Penryn, Cornwall *

Penryn (UK Parliament constituency) Penryn was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1553 until 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally to the House of Com ...

a former constituency based on Penryn, Cornwall *

Penryn RFC Penyrn RFC is a Cornish rugby union club based in the town of Penryn, and is the oldest club side in the county having been formed in 1872. The club currently has two senior men's teams (the seconds are known as the Saracens) as well as a lad ...

, an English and Cornish rugby union club based in the town of the same name *

Penryn, California Penryn is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, in the United States. Geographic location is . Penryn is located northeast of Rocklin. The population was 1150 at the 2020 census. History What became Penryn began in late 186 ...

, in the United States, a town of 831, and home to a granite quarry *

Penryn (microarchitecture) In Intel's Tick-Tock cycle, the 2007/2008 "Tick" was the shrink of the Core microarchitecture to 45 nanometers as CPUID model 23. In Core 2 processors, it is used with the code names Penryn (Socket P), Wolfdale (LGA 775) and Yorkfield (MCM, LGA ...

, code name for a CPU core from Intel, used in Core 2 Duo *

Penryn (microprocessor) Penryn is the code name of a mobile processor from Intel that is sold in varying configurations such as Core 2 Solo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium and Celeron. During development, Penryn was the Intel code name for the 2007/2008 "Tick" of I ...

, code name for a microprocessor die from Intel, used in mobile Core 2 Duo Penrhyn is a Welsh word meaning 'headland' that may refer to: *

Baron Penrhyn Baron Penrhyn is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1783 in favour of Richard Pennant, who had previously served as a Member of Parliament for Petersfield and Liverpool. This creation bec ...

, a title of peerage *

Penrhyn Bay Penrhyn Bay ( "headland bay") is a seaside town on the northern coast of Wales, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ''ecclesiastical'' parish of Llanrhos. It is a prosperous village, with a clus ...

, a small town on the North Wales coast *

Penrhyn Castle Penrhyn Castle () is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman architecture, Norman castle. The Penrhyn estate was founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In the 15th century his descenda ...

, a country house in North Wales **

Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum () is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor, Wales, Bangor in Wales. In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family (from 1840, the Dougl ...

Penrhyn (atoll) Penrhyn (also called Tongareva, Māngarongaro, Hararanga, and Te Pitaka) is an atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. The northernmost island in the group, it is located at north-north-east of the capital isl ...

, in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific * Penrhyn, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland, Australia * Penrhyn Quarry, a slate quarry near Bethesda in North Wales *

Penrhyn Quarry Railway The Penrhyn Quarry Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in Caernarfonshire (now Gwynedd), Wales. It served the Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, Gwynedd, Bethesda, taking their slate produce to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor. The railway w ...

, a railway serving the Penrhyn Quarry *

Penrhyn railway station Penrhyn railway station on the Ffestiniog Railway is located on a restricted site at Pen-y-Bwlch above the town of Penrhyndeudraeth (Penrhyndeudraeth means ''Headland between two beaches''). Beyond Penrhyn station, the railway crosses the A4 ...

, a station serving the village of Penrhyndeudraeth on the Ffestiniog Railway *

Port Penrhyn Port Penrhyn () is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north Wales at the confluence of the River Cegin with the Menai Strait. It was formerly of great importance as the main port for the export of slate Slate is a fine-grained, foli ...

, a port serving the Penrhyn Quarry *

Penrhyn-coch Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of Aberystwyth. The vil ...

, a village in Ceredigion, West Wales

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