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Cambria
Cambria
Cambria is the classical name for Wales, being the Latinised form of the Welsh name Cymru . The etymology of Cymry "the Welsh", Cimbri, and Cwmry "Cumbria", improbably connected to the Biblical Gomer and the "Cimmerians" by 17th-century celticists, is now known to come from Old Welsh combrog...

is the Latinised form of Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales.

Cambria may also refer to:

Place names

United States
  • Cambria, California
    Cambria, California
    Cambria is a seaside village located midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the California State Route 1 . The name Cambria was settled upon in 1869 .It is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States...

  • Cambria, Illinois
    Cambria, Illinois
    Cambria is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,330 at the 2000 census.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,330 people, 564 households, and 367 families residing in the village. The population density was 974.3 people per square mile...

  • Cambria, Indiana
    Cambria, Indiana
    Cambria is an unincorporated town in Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana.-History:Cambria was established as a station on the Monon Railroad which was built through the southwestern portion of Owen Township. A 1913 county history described it as "a new but ambitious village."...

  • Cambria, Iowa
    Cambria, Iowa
    Cambria is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Wayne County, Iowa, United States. It has never been incorporated, but it has existed since 1849...

  • Cambria, Michigan
  • Cambria, New York
    Cambria, New York
    Cambria is a town in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 5,839 at the 2010 census. Cambria is an early name for Wales.The Town of Cambria is in the center of Niagara County.New York State Route 93 passes through the town.- History :...

  • Cambria Heights, Queens
    Cambria Heights, Queens
    Cambria Heights is a middle-class neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, the Elmont, Nassau County border on the east, Queens Village to the north, St. Albans to the west, and...

    , a neighborhood in New York City
  • Cambria, Pennsylvania
    Cambria, Pennsylvania
    Cambria was a Welsh colony in Pennsylvania, founded during the 18th century and given a Latin name meaning "Wales"....

  • Cambria, Wisconsin
    Cambria, Wisconsin
    As of the census of 2000, there were 792 people, 307 households, and 195 families residing in the village. The population density was 752.0 people per square mile . There were 339 housing units at an average density of 321.9 per square mile...

  • Cambria County, Pennsylvania
    Cambria County, Pennsylvania
    Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It comprises the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 143,679....

    , home to Johnstown
  • Cambria Township, Michigan
    Cambria Township, Michigan
    Cambria Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,546 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...

  • Cambria Township, Minnesota
    Cambria Township, Minnesota
    Cambria Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 271 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and is water...

  • Cambria Township, Pennsylvania
    Cambria Township, Pennsylvania
    Cambria Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,323 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and geographically surrounds the Borough of Ebensburg....



South Africa

Canada
  • Cambria, Alberta, a very small town near Drumheller, Alberta
    Drumheller, Alberta
    Drumheller is a town within the Red Deer River valley in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Calgary...

  • Cambria No. 6, Saskatchewan
    Cambria No. 6, Saskatchewan
    Cambria No. 6 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in southeastern Saskatchewan and is within SARM Division No. 1 and Census Division No. 2. Its population was 268 as of the 2006 Census.-Statistics:...

    , a rural municipality in Saskatchewan Canada

Other uses

  • USS Cambria (APA-36)
    USS Cambria (APA-36)
    USS Cambria was a Bayfield-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II.Cambria was launched 10 November 1942 as SS Sea Swallow by the Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. W...

    , a U.S. World War II-era ship
  • SS Cambria
    SS Cambria
    The SS Cambria of the Anchor Line was wrecked on the return eastbound for Europe, off the north west of Ireland on 19 October, 1870. Four of its boats were found drifting off the Giant's Causeway with no sign of the passengers or crew. The wrecked stern washed ashore at Islay, Scotland...

    , several ships
  • Coheed and Cambria
    Coheed and Cambria
    Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York. Formed in 1995, the group incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, metal and post-hardcore....

    , an American rock band
    • Cambria Killgannon, a character in The Amory Wars, a series of comic books written by band frontman Claudio Sanchez
  • Cambria (orchids), commercial name for intergeneric hybrids of orchids
  • Cambria (typeface)
    Cambria (typeface)
    Cambria is part of the suite of fonts that comes with Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, specifically designed for on-screen reading and to be aesthetically pleasing when printed at small sizes. It is a...

    , a Microsoft Cleartype font, designed for application in Windows Vista
  • Cambria (geographical magazine)
    Cambria (geographical magazine)
    Cambria: A Welsh Geographical Review was published 1974-1989, edited by members of the Geography Departments of Swansea University and Aberystwyth University...

    , published between 1973-1989 by members of the Geography Departments of Swansea University and Aberystwyth University
  • Cambria (barge), a wooden vessel under restoration at Sittingbourne
    Sittingbourne
    Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...

    , England

See also

  • The Cambrian
    Cambrian
    The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from Mya ; it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's...

    geologic period, between around 542 million years and 488.3 million years ago
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