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English <dab!> Alternative forms en Cambrige obsolete Etymology From late en enm Cambrigge, enm Caumbrigge, from earlier enm Cantebrigge, enm Cauntebrigge, from en ang Grante bryċġ, ang Granta-briċġ, ang Grantanbryċġ Granta bridge. The river name Granta is probably of Celtic origin. The modern pronunciation with /eɪ/ develops from Middle English /aː/, which develops from earlier /au̯/ before /m/ (as in enm chambre for earlier enm chaumbre).1 3 133 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 kāmʹbrĭj, en /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Cambridge.wav UK en En-uk-Cambridge.ogg UK en /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ HK Proper noun en Q350en city/and/local government district with borough status in co/Cambridgeshire cc/England famous for its university. District map (Cambridgeshire) en Q35794en w:University of Cambridge. en He went to Cambridge, you know. en village par/Slimbridge dist/Stroud co/Gloucestershire cc/England, situated on the local River Cam OS grid ref SO7403. en Q988567en city co/Washington County s/Idaho c/USA. en village/county seat co/Henry County s/Illinois c/USA. en Q755862en city/county seat co/Dorchester County s/Maryland c/USA. TopoZone: Cambridge, Maryland en Q49111en city co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts c/USA, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats. TopoZone: Cambridge, Massachusetts en Susan Scutti Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/climate-change-infant-sex-ratio-intl/index.html 2019-01-23 Scientists believe that the sex ratio is equal at conception, explained Steven Orzack, president and senior research scientist of the Fresh Pond Research Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820122717/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/climate-change-infant-sex-ratio-intl/index.html en Q1000191en city/county seat co/Isanti County s/Minnesota c/USA. en Q249454en city/county seat co/Guernsey County s/Ohio c/USA. en town/and/village co/Lamoille County s/Vermont c/USA. TopoZone: Cambrdge, Vermont en Q1028279en city rmun:Pref/Waterloo p/Ontario c/Canada. en lgarea (the Town of Cambridge) in city/Perth s/Western Australia. en suburb of the city:Pref/Clarence city/Hobart s/Tasmania c/Australia. en Q1028261en town r/Waikato c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map A royal dukedom. en. Derived terms en Cambridge Gardens Cambridge Park Cambridge Plateau Cambridge roller Cambridgeshire Camford North Cambridge Oxbridge Translations city in England Amharic: am ከምብሪጅ Arabic: ar كَامْبْرِدْج m Armenian: hy Քեմբրիջ Bengali: bn ক্যাম্ব্রিজ kêmbrij Bulgarian: bg Ке́ймбридж m Burmese: my ကိန်းဘရစ်ချ် Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 劍橋 Jiànqiáo Esperanto: eo Kembriĝo Finnish: fi Cambridge French: fr Cambridge m Georgian: ka კემბრიჯი Greek: el Καίμπριτζ n, el Κέμπριτζ n; Katharevousa el Κανταβριγία f Hebrew: he קיימברידג׳ Hindi: hi कैंब्रिज Japanese: ja ケンブリッジ Kenburijji (sometimes: ja 剣橋 Kenburijji) Kannada: kn ಕ್ಯಾಮ್ಬ್ರಿಜ್, kn ಕ್ಯಾಂಬ್ರಿಜ್ Korean: ko ^케임브리지 Lao: lo ເກມບຣິດຈ໌ kēm ba rit Latin: la Cantabrigia f Latvian: lv Kembridža f Lithuanian: lt Kembridžas m Lü: khb ᦂᦵᧄᦢᦲᧆ Macedonian: mk Кембриџ m Marathi: mr केम्ब्रिज n Middle English: enm Cantebrigge Old English: ang Grantanbryċġ Portuguese: pt Cantabrígia f, pt Cambrígia f Russian: ru Ке́мбридж m Scots: sco Cambrig Shan: shn ၵဵမ်ၿြိတ် Sinhalese: si කෑම්බ්රිජ Spanish: es Cambridge Telugu: te క్యామ్బ్రిజ్, te క్యాంబ్రిజ్ Thai: th เคมบริดจ์ kaymbrìt Northern Thai: nod ᨠᩮ᩠ᨾᨷᩕᩥ᩠ᨯ Ukrainian: uk Кембридж m Urdu: ur کیمبرج kaimbrij Welsh: cy Caergrawnt f university Bulgarian: bg Ке́ймбриджски университе́т m, bg Ке́ймбридж m informal Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 劍橋 Jiànqiáo Finnish: fi Cambridgen yliopisto French: fr l'université de Cambridge f Japanese: ja ケンブリッジ大学 Kemburidji-daigaku Korean: ko ^케임브리지 대학교 Macedonian: mk Кембрички универзите́т m Marathi: mr केम्ब्रिज Russian: ru Ке́мбриджский университе́т m See also en Oxford References en Universities Catalan Proper noun m ca city co/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge French Pronunciation + Camme-bridge France Camme-bridge Belgium Proper noun m fr city co/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge Polish pl: thumb|Cambridge Etymology pl :ubor en:Cambridge<ety:uder<enm:Cantebrigge, Grentebrige<ety:uder<ang:Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ>>>> 3 1 Pronunciation 'kem.brydż LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Cambridge.wav Cam.bridge Proper noun n 1 pl city county/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge pl w:pl:University of Cambridge pl number of other places c/UK Cambridge pl number of other places c/US Cambridge Further reading pl Universities Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :ubor en:Cambridge + 1 Pronunciation quê*mbridji* Proper noun f pt city co/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge pt Cantabrígia Cambrígia Spanish es: Pronunciation Cámbrich kémbrich Cam.bridge Proper noun mfequiv es city co/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge Related terms es cantabrigense