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Definition of Cambria
1. 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.
Geographical relationships: Sealyham, Sealyham Terrier, Annwfn, Annwn, Cymric, Welsh, Amaethon, Arawn, Arianrhod, Arianrod, Don, Dylan, Gwyn, Llew Llaw Gyffes, Llud, Llyr, Manawydan, Manawyddan
Generic synonyms: Princedom, Principality
Group relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Terms within: Aberdare, Bangor, Cardiff, Newport, Sealyham, Swansea, Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Mona, Menai Strait, River Severn, Severn, Severn River
Member holonyms: Cambrian, Cymry, Welsh, Welshman
Derivative terms: Cambrian
Definition of Cambria
1. n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.
Definition of Cambria
1. Proper noun. (context historical) Wales. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cambria
Literary usage of Cambria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"This railway connects a number of coal towns in Cambria county and is ... It will
be seen from the foregoing that the debt which Cambria county as a whole ..."
2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"A few names which float in the ocean of legends. — Mutual influence of Cambria,
Armorica, and Ireland upon each other: their legends identical. ..."
3. Yachts and Yachting: With Over One Hundred and Ten Illustrations by Frederic Schiller Cozzens (1887)
"34m., PM, and the Cambria, 6h. 381n., PM The Sappho lost main topmast and split
mainsail. The Cambria took the subscription cup. ..."
4. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882 by Frederick Douglass, John Lobb (1882)
"Danger to be averted—A refuge sought abroad—Voyage on the Steamship Cambria—Refusal
of first-class passage—Attractions of the forecastle-deck —Hutchinson ..."
5. The Autobiography of John Fritz by John Fritz (1911)
"Cambria. — Continued: RETROSPECT. IT was in 1854 that I went to Johnstown. ...
I told everyone I came there to manage the Cambria Works and not to send men ..."
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