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Lakemba
Lakemba is the name of two places, and the Sydney one was directly named after the Fijian one.
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Lakemba, New South Wales is a suburb in the south-west of Sydney. It is named after Lakeba (pronounced Lakemba) which is an island in Fiji (see below).
- Lakemba Mosque is in the suburb and is one of the largest mosques in Australia
- Lakemba railway station serves the suburb
- Lakemba, Fiji originally spelt Lakeba, is an island in the Lau Group of Islands in the Eastern Division of Fiji.
- The Electoral district of Lakemba is based around the suburb in Sydney