Cambria

//ˈkæm.bɹi.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Wales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. historical
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Williamson County, Illinois.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Wayne County, Iowa.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Saline County, Kansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and census-designated place therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Niagara County, New York; some of the early settlers were from Wales.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A former farming colony in Pennsylvania.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town, a former coal town in Weston County, Wyoming.
  10. 15
    A tiny community in the town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
  11. 16
    A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6.
  12. 17
    A female given name. rare

Synonyms

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wales

Etymology

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.

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Cambria County

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