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Cambrai

Cambrai proper noun: a city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.

Proper noun

Cambrai

  1. A city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.
    Synonyms:
    Cambray, Camerick, Camericke

Synonyms of Cambrai

Origin of Cambrai

Unadapted borrowing from French Cambrai, itself from Latin Camarācum.

Questions about Cambrai

What does Cambrai mean?
Cambrai means a city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.
What part of speech is Cambrai?
Cambrai is a proper noun.

Words near Cambrai in the dictionary

  1. camboxes
  2. camboy
  3. camboys
  4. cambozola
  5. Cambra
  6. Cambrai
  7. Cambras
  8. cambrasine
  9. Cambray
  10. Cambrays
  11. cambre

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