Cambria
English
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Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumbria and Cumberland. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCambria
- (historical) Wales.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California.
- A village in Williamson County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Wayne County, Iowa.
- A township in Saline County, Kansas.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
- A town in Niagara County, New York; some of the early settlers were from Wales.
- A former farming colony in Pennsylvania.
- A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
- A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
- A ghost town, a former coal town in Weston County, Wyoming.
- A community of the town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
- The Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6, a rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Welsh Kymry (modern Cymru, Cymry). First attested in, and likely coined by, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1136).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkam.bri.a/, [ˈkämbriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkam.bri.a/, [ˈkämbriä]
Proper noun
editCambria f sg (genitive Cambriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cambria |
| Genitive | Cambriae |
| Dative | Cambriae |
| Accusative | Cambriam |
| Ablative | Cambriā |
| Vocative | Cambria |
| Locative | Cambriae |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Pryce, Huw (2001 September) “British or Welsh? National Identity in Twelfth-Century Wales”, in The English Historical Review, volume 116, number 468, →JSTOR, page 797
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