Cambridge

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city/and/local government district in Cambridgeshire (county), England famous for its university.
• Cambridge University.
• village Slimbridge (parish) Stroud (district) Gloucestershire (county) England (constituent country), situated on the local River Cam .
• village, county seat Henry County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
• city, county seat Dorchester County (county) Maryland (state) USA (country).
• city Middlesex County (county) Massachusetts (state) USA (country), famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
• city, county seat Isanti County (county) Minnesota (state) USA (country).
• city, county seat Guernsey County (county) Ohio (state) USA (country).
• town/and/village Lamoille County (county) Vermont (state) USA (country).
• A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
• town in the Waikato (region) New Zealand (country).

Origin

• From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ. Granta is probably of Celtic origin, identified as settlement, Cair Grauth. Cam.
• By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge.