Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Wales during Roman times. The term is now used as a poetic appellation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

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  • proper noun historical Wales.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

Etymologies

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From Latin, from Middle Welsh Cymry the Welsh, from British Celtic combrogos compatriot

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Examples

  • CAMBRIA PINES LODGE: 2905 Burton Drive, Cambria, 927-4200 or cambriapineslodge. com.

    New Times News 2009

  • These are some quail I photographed in Cambria, CA.

    Field & Stream 2009

  • Then there's Eveningside Vineyards, the Biehl family's micro-winery in Cambria, NY.

    Bryan Calandrelli 2009

  • Then there's Eveningside Vineyards, the Biehl family's micro-winery in Cambria, NY.

    Niagara Escarpment Wines 2009

  • Then there's Eveningside Vineyards, the Biehl family's micro-winery in Cambria, NY.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2008

  • Then there's Eveningside Vineyards, the Biehl family's micro-winery in Cambria, NY.

    A Cab Franc Lover's Guide to Niagara USA Wines 2008

  • As for the name Cambria, there is also a town in California by that name, and I know of a couple of young ladies that have that name, and they love it.

    What's Black & White & Wrecked All Over? 2009

  • A few weeks before departing from England, while in London, I was careful to purchase a ticket, and secure a berth for returning home, in the "Cambria" -- the steamer in which I left the United States -- paying therefor the round sum of forty pounds and nineteen shillings sterling.

    My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855

  • Niagara Landing in Cambria, Schulze Vineyards & Winery in Burt and Leonard Oakes Winery in Medina all had crews out last week collecting either Vidal or Catawba grapes.

    The Ice Wine Cometh 2009

  • Niagara Landing in Cambria, Schulze Vineyards & Winery in Burt and Leonard Oakes Winery in Medina all had crews out last week collecting either Vidal or Catawba grapes.

    Niagara Escarpment Wines 2009

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