Cambridge

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (Granta-bridge). Granta is probably of Celtic origin, identified as Brythonic settlement, Cair Grauth. Doublet of Cam.

By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: kāmʹbrĭj, IPA(key): /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/
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  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge

  1. A city and local government district in Cambridgeshire, England famous for its university.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
    He went to Cambridge, you know.
  3. A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
  4. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
  6. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
  7. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
  8. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
  9. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
  10. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.
  12. A town in the Waikato, New Zealand.

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Catalan[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge m

  1. Cambridge (a city in England)

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (France) IPA(key): /kɑ̃.bʁidʒ/, /kam.bʁidʒ/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /kam.bʁidʒ/

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge m

  1. Cambridge (a city in England)

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Cambridge

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English Cambridge, from Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge n (indeclinable)

  1. Cambridge (a city in Cambridgeshire, England)
  2. Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
  3. Cambridge (a number of other places in the United Kingdom)
  4. Cambridge (a number of other places in the United States)

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English Cambridge.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkẽj̃.bɹid͡ʒ/, /ˈkejm.bɹid͡ʒ/, /ˈkẽj̃.bɾid͡ʒ/

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge f

  1. Cambridge (a city in England)
    Synonyms: Cantabrígia, Cambrígia

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Proper noun[edit]

Cambridge m or f same meaning

  1. Cambridge (a city in England)

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