Cambria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæm.bɹi.ə/, /ˈkeɪm.bɹi.ə/

Proper noun

Cambria

  1. (historical) Wales.
  2. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

Derived terms


Latin

Alternative forms

  • Kambria

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Welsh Kymry (modern Cymru, Cymry). First attested in, and perhaps coined by, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1136).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cambria f sg (genitive Cambriae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Wales
    Synonyms: Wallia, Britannia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cambria
Genitive Cambriae
Dative Cambriae
Accusative Cambriam
Ablative Cambriā
Vocative Cambria
Locative Cambriae

Derived terms

References

  1. Pryce, Huw (September 2001), “British or Welsh? National Identity in Twelfth-Century Wales”, in The English Historical Review, volume 116, issue 468, JSTOR 579192, page 797
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