Cambridge

English

Etymology

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. See 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

• enPR: kāmʹbrĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪdʒ/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Cambridge

1. A city and local government district of Cambridgeshire, England famous for its university.
2. Cambridge University.

   He went to Cambridge, you know.

3. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
5. 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.
6. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
7. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
8. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
9. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

• Cambridgeshire
• Oxbridge

Translations

city

• Amharic: ከምብሪጅ (kämbəriǧ)
• Arabic: كَامْبْرِدْج m (kāmbridj)
• Armenian: Քեմբրիջ (Kʻembriǰ)
• Bengali: ক্যাম্ব্রিজ (kêmbrij)
• Bulgarian: Кеймбридж m (Kejmbridž)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍橋／剑桥 (zh) (Jiànqiáo), 剑桥 (zh) (Jiànqiáo)

• Esperanto: Kembriĝo
• Finnish: Cambridge (fi)
• French: Cambridge (fr)
• Georgian: კემბრიჯი (ḳembriǯi)
• Greek: Καίμπριτζ n (Kaímpritz), Κέμπριτζ (el) n (Kémpritz); (Katharevousa) Κανταβριγία f (Kantavrigía)
• Hebrew: קיימברידג׳
• Hindi: कैंब्रिज (kaimbrij)
• Japanese: ケンブリッジ (Kenburijji) (sometimes: 剣橋 (Kenburijji))
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• Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಮ್ಬ್ರಿಜ್ (kyāmbrij)
• Korean: 케임브리지 (Keimbeuriji)
• Lao: ເກມບຣິດຈ໌ (kēmbarit)
• Latin: Cantabrigia f
• Latvian: Kembridža f
• Lithuanian: Kembridžas m
• Macedonian: Кембриџ m (Kembridž)
• Marathi: केम्ब्रिज n (kembrij)
• Portuguese: Cantabrígia f, Cambrígia f
• Russian: Ке́мбридж (ru) m (Kémbridž)
• Sinhalese: කෑම්බ්රිජ (kǣmbrija)
• Spanish: Cambridge (es)
• Telugu: క్యామ్బ్రిజ్ (kyāmbrij)
• Thai: เคมบริดจ์ (kaymbrìt)
• Ukrainian: Кембридж m (Kembrydž)
• Welsh: Caergrawnt f

university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍橋／剑桥 (zh) (Jiànqiáo), 剑桥 (Jiànqiáo)

• Finnish: Cambridgen yliopisto
• French: l’université de Cambridge f
• Japanese: ケンブリッジ大学 (Kemburidji-daigaku)
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• Korean: 케임브리지 대학교 (Keimbeuriji daehakgyo)
• Macedonian: Кембрички универзите́т m (Kembrički univerzitét)
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} केम्ब्रिज (kembrij)
• Russian: Ке́мбриджский университе́т m (Kémbridžskij universitét)

See also

• Oxford

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Catalan

Proper noun

Cambridge m

1. Cambridge

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cambridge f

1. Cambridge (a city in England)

Synonyms

• Cantabrígia, Cambrígia

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Spanish

Proper noun

Cambridge ?

1. Cambridge (city)

Derived terms

• cantabrigense