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):

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• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

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.
13. A royal dukedom.

Derived terms

• Cambridgeshire
• Oxbridge

Translations

city in England

• Amharic: ከምብሪጅ (kämbəriǧ)
• Arabic: كَامْبْرِدْج m (kāmbridj)
• Armenian: Քեմբրիջ (Kʻembriǰ)
• Bengali: ক্যাম্ব্রিজ (kêmbrij)
• Bulgarian: Ке́ймбридж m (Kéjmbridž)
• Burmese: ကိန်းဘရစ်ချ် (kin:bha.rachky)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍橋／剑桥 (zh) (Jiànqiáo)

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

university

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍橋／剑桥 (zh) (Jiànqiáo)

• Finnish: Cambridgen yliopisto
• French: l’université de Cambridge f
• Japanese: ケンブリッジ大学 (Kemburidji-daigaku)
• 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

Catalan

Proper noun

Cambridge m

1. Cambridge (a city in England)

French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cambridge m

1. Cambridge (a city in England)

Polish

Cambridge

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛm.brɨt͡ʂ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbrɨt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: Cam‧bridge

Proper noun

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)

Further reading

• Cambridge in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Cambridge.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cambridge f

1. Cambridge (a city in England)

   Synonyms: Cantabrígia, Cambrígia

Spanish

Proper noun

Cambridge m or f same meaning

1. Cambridge (a city in England)

Related terms

• cantabrigense