Cambridge
English
Alternative forms
- Cambrige (obsolete)
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. 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
- enPR: kāmʹbrĭj, IPA(key): /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/
Proper noun
Cambridge
- A city and local government district in Cambridgeshire, England famous for its university.
- Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
- He went to Cambridge, you know.
- A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
- A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
- 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.
- A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
- A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
- A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in the Waikato, New Zealand.
Derived terms
Translations
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French
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /kɑ̃.bʁidʒ/, /kam.bʁidʒ/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /kam.bʁidʒ/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkẽj̃.bɹid͡ʒ/, /ˈkejm.bɹid͡ʒ/, /ˈkẽj̃.bɾid͡ʒ/
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