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Traboe (pronounced ''tray-bow'') () is a hamlet on the Akademi Kernewek place names - Treworabo
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Traboe (pronounced ''tray-bow'') () is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula
The Lizard () is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Extreme points of the United Kingdom, southernmost point of the Great Britain, British mainland is near Lizard Point, Cornwall, Lizard Point at SW 701115; The ...
, Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
, England, United Kingdom. Traboe is about 5 km west of St Keverne
St Keverne () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village on The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
In addition to the parish, an electoral ward exists called ''St Keverne and Meneage''. This stretches to the western Liz ...
; nearby is Traboe Cross, a junction on the B3293 road. It is approximately a mile down the road from Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was a ...
. It contains eleven houses and a building which used to house Rosuick Farm Shop, this being the purpose for which it was built. The list of houses includes a converted inn and a converted school house.
There is a well situated at the back of the green. A tree was planted on the green by residents of the hamlet to commemorate the millennium.
Traboe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The Cornwall National Landscape (formerly the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) covers in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county. It comprises 12 separate areas, designated under the Na ...
(AONB).
The name ''Traboe'' is a contraction of the Cornish language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...
''Treworabo'', which contains the elements ''tre'', meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and ''Gworabo'', a personal name./ref>
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Hamlets in Cornwall St Keverne {{Kerrier-geo-stub