English Explanatory Dictionary

Cambridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
  3. A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
  4. A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States.
  5. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
  7. 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.
  8. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
  9. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
  10. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
  11. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  12. A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.

Pronunciation

kāmʹbrĭj /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Cambridge.wav En-uk-Cambridge.ogg /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

Word forms

Cambridge Cambrige

Etymology

From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (“Granta bridge”). The river name Granta is probably of Celtic origin. 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.

Related words

Oxford

Derived words

Cambridge Gardens Cambridge Park Cambridge Plateau Cambridge roller Cambridgeshire Oxbridge

Translations

Amharic: ከምብሪጅ Arabic: كَامْبْرِدْج Armenian: Քեմբրիջ Bengali: ক্যাম্ব্রিজ Bulgarian: Ке́ймбридж Burmese: ကိန်းဘရစ်ချ် Chinese Mandarin: 劍橋 /剑桥 Esperanto: Kembriĝo Finnish: Cambridge French: Cambridge Georgian: კემბრიჯი Greek: Καίμπριτζ Greek: Κέμπριτζ Greek: Κανταβριγία Hebrew: קיימברידג׳ Hindi: कैंब्रिज Japanese: ケンブリッジ Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಮ್ಬ್ರಿಜ್ Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಂಬ್ರಿಜ್ Korean: 케임브리지 Lao: ເກມບຣິດຈ໌ Latin: Cantabrigia Latvian: Kembridža Lithuanian: Kembridžas Lü: ᦂᦵᧄᦢᦲᧆ Macedonian: Кембриџ Marathi: केम्ब्रिज Old English: Grantanbryċġ Portuguese: Cantabrígia Portuguese: Cambrígia Russian: Ке́мбридж Scots: Cambrig Shan: ၵဵမ်ၿြိတ် Sinhalese: කෑම්බ්රිජ Spanish: Cambridge Telugu: క్యామ్బ్రిజ్ Telugu: క్యాంబ్రిజ్ Thai: เคมบริดจ์ Northern Thai: ᨠᩮ᩠ᨾᨷᩕᩥ᩠ᨯ Ukrainian: Кембридж Urdu: کیمبرج Welsh: Caergrawnt
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