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Latin
Etymology
From Middle English Cantebrigge
Proper noun
Cantabrigia f sg (genitive Cantabrigiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Cambridge (a city in England, site of the University of Cambridge)
Usage notes
This word was back-formed in the middle ages, when the University of Cambridge taught in Latin. It was not the name used by the Romans, which was probably Duroliponte or Durolipons.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms