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Cam·bridge (kām′brij′)

city in EC England: county seat of Cambridgeshire; site of Cambridge University: county district pop. 92,000
Cambridgeshire
city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
Etymology: after the English city
city in SE Ontario, Canada: pop. 101,000
Etymology: after the English city

Etymology: ME Caumbrigge < OE Grantanbrycge, lit., bridge over the Granta (now called the Cam) River

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