Cantabrian
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- adjective
- The Cantabrian culture is rich in traditions and festivals that celebrate its history.
Examples
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The findings are of particular interest in geographic zones such as the Cantabrian mountain range in the north of Spain, where there is frequent cloud cover and an average of 140 rainy days per year, and which could be suitable for growing greenhouse tomatoes, despite low levels of solar radiation.
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We enjoyed a delicious meal that featured Cantabrian cuisine, including fresh anchovies.
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Now I really want to see how Cantabrian Circle performs.
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Pollutant data were provided by the Secretary of Environment for the Cantabrian Regional Government.
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The greatest shortcoming I can find in this paper is the lack of sampling of most of the Franco-Cantabrian region (SW France especially).
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On the other hand, livestock movements are relatively short—150-200 kilometers—compared with those between the Cantabrian and Iberian Mountain Systems and Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha.
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The Cantabrian language reflects the unique heritage of the people living in northern Spain.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Cantabrian = Cantabria (transparent) = Cantabria + an
Standard adjectival/demonymic formation from the place name 'Cantabria' using the productive suffix '-an', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Cantabrian comes from the name Cantabria, a region in northern Spain, which was named after the old people called the Cantabri who lived there long ago. So Cantabrian means 'relating to Cantabria', its land, people, or culture.