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Cambria

/ˈkæm.bɹi.ə/

Cambria proper noun: wales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.

Proper noun

Cambria

  1. (historical) Wales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
  2. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California.
  3. A village in Williamson County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Wayne County, Iowa.
  6. A township in Saline County, Kansas.
  7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  8. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
  9. A town in Niagara County, New York; some of the early settlers were from Wales.
  10. A former farming colony in Pennsylvania.
  11. A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  12. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  1. A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
  2. A ghost town, a former coal town in Weston County, Wyoming.
  3. A tiny community in the town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
  4. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6.
  5. (rare) A female given name.

Origin of Cambria

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumberland, Cumbria, and Cymru. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

Words formed from Cambria

Questions about Cambria

What does Cambria mean?
Cambria means wales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
What part of speech is Cambria?
Cambria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cambria?
Cambria is pronounced /ˈkæm.bɹi.ə/.

Words near Cambria in the dictionary

  1. cambre
  2. cambrel
  3. cambrels
  4. cambres
  5. cambresine
  6. Cambria
  7. Cambria County
  8. Cambria Heights
  9. Cambrian
  10. Cambrian explosion
  11. Cambrian explosions

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