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Cawdor

Cawdor (name) means a village and castle in the Scottish Highlands, famous as a setting in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Example: “Macbeth was named Thane of Cawdor in the play.”

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A village and castle in the Scottish Highlands, famous as a setting in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
"Macbeth was named Thane of Cawdor in the play."
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The word “Cawdor” means a village and castle in the Scottish Highlands, famous as a setting in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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“Cawdor” is a name.

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