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Cambria

Cambria

4 9.9
An old name for Wales used in stories and poems
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : Cymru
  • In the next week, Cambria was shaken by a horrible crime.

Examples

  • "The good news is people decided to travel this summer," said MaryAnn Carson, executive director of the Cambria Chamber of Commerce.

    Blog text (20)
  • Five miles down the coast from Cambria on Highway 101 is a place called Harmony, an artisans' colony.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We met for the first time just last year, in an emergency room in Cambria, California.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "Nothing worse than a sick kid," I said then, back in the waiting room in Cambria.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Decided to stay another night at this inn in Cambria.

    Blog text (9)
  • Cambria Estate is located in Santa Barbara County, three hours north of Los Angeles.

    Blog text (15)
  • Shayla had a part-time job at the Cambria paper, and so she went into town to work and brought back a few groceries.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • While the myth held true, Wales, Cambria, Cymry, in her entirety, was Mam Cymru, a motherland modeled on those primary sacred acts of birth.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We discovered, grandmother, father, grandfathers, and Shayla Gray alike, that we had come to Cambria with one suitcase and one child, though all of us—except Shayla—had at least two children or grandchildren.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • In literature, the term Cambria is often used to evoke the rich history and culture of Wales.

Synonyms

Wales
vsCambria
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A country in western Great Britain that is part of the United Kingdom and has its own language and culture

is a literary or historical name rather than the common modern name
Cymru
vsCambria
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The Welsh name for Wales, a country in the United Kingdom

is a literary or historical name rather than the native language form

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Cambria is an old, poetic name for Wales that comes from the Welsh name Cymru, which originally meant 'fellow countrymen' or people 'of the same land'. So Cambria is used in writing to mean the country of Wales and its people.