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cambridge

/ˈkeɪmbɹɪdʒ/

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What does cambridge mean?

proper noun

  1. A city and local government district with borough status in Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
  2. Ellipsis of University of Cambridge.
  3. A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
More meanings (12)

proper noun

  1. A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States.
  2. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
  5. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
  7. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
  8. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  9. A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.
  10. A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A town in Waikato, New Zealand.
  12. A royal dukedom.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkeɪmbɹɪdʒ/

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A note couched in precise terms, containing special interrogatories, was then drawn up and addressed to the Observatory of Cambridge in Massachusetts.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
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A passage ascribed to Otis during a session of the legislature at Cambridge gives some idea of the character of his invective.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
I used to see them in the railway trucks at Cambridge, and they were all like what I have at home--hard pebbles.
Charles KingsleyMadam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #1697
Will you be kind enough to write to me one line by RETURN OF POST, saying whether you are now at Cambridge?
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087