Cambria

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/ˈkæm.bɹi.ə//ˈkeɪm.bɹi.ə/

proper noun

Wales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.

OriginMedieval Latin Cambria ← Middle Welsh Kymry ← Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Brythonic*kömrüɣ
  2. Middle WelshKymry
  3. Medieval LatinCambria
  4. EnglishCambria

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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Cite this entry
APA

Cambria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cambria

MLA

“Cambria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cambria. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cambria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cambria.

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