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Cambrian
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English
Etymology
en :af Cambria -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cambrian.wav Southern England
en /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ GA
en /ˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/ /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ Canada
en Cam bri an
Adjective
en geology Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.
Of or relating to Wales.
Derived terms
en Cambrian explosion
en Cambrian Mountains
en Precambrian
Translations
of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period
Catalan: ca cambrià
Dutch: nl cambrisch
Esperanto: eo kambria
Finnish: fi kambrinen
German: de kambrisch
Greek: el κάμβριος m
Irish: ga Caimbriach
Portuguese: pt câmbrico, pt cambriano
Russian: ru кембри́йский
Spanish: es cámbrico
Swedish: sv kambrisk
Volapük: vo kambriumik, vo Kambriumik
Welsh: cy Cambriaidd
of or pertaining to Wales
Finnish: fi walesilainen
Russian: ru ки́мрский, ru валли́йский, ru уэ́льский
Noun
A Welsh person.
en Walian
en Welshman Welshwoman
Proper noun
1
en geology The Cambrian period.
Derived terms
en Middle Cambrian
en Precambrian
Translations
the Cambrian geologic period
Afrikaans: af kambrium
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 寒武紀 hánwǔ-jì
Czech: cs kambrium n
Dutch: nl cambrium n
Esperanto: eo kambrio
Estonian: et kambrium
Finnish: fi kambrikausi
French: fr Cambrien
German: de Kambrium n
Greek: el Κάμβρια f
Hungarian: hu kambrium
Italian: it
Japanese: ja カンブリア紀 カンブリアき, kanburia-ki, ja 寒武利亜紀 カンブリアき, kanburia-ki obsolete orthography
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Кембрийн галав
Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠧᠮᠪᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ
Norwegian: no kambrium m
Polish: pl kambr m
Portuguese: pt Câmbrico m
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru кембри́йский пери́од m, ru ке́мбрий m
Spanish: es cámbrico m
Swedish: sv kambrium n
Ukrainian: uk
Vietnamese: vi kỉ Cam-bri
Volapük: vo kambrium, vo Kambrium
Welsh: cy Cambriaidd m
See also
Appendix:Geologic timescale
Further reading
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