Cantabrigia

See also: Cantabrígia

Latin

Etymology

From Middle English Cantebrigge

Proper noun

Cantabrigia f sg (genitive Cantabrigiae); first declension

1. (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.

	singular
nominative	Cantabrigia
genitive	Cantabrigiae
dative	Cantabrigiae
accusative	Cantabrigiam
ablative	Cantabrigiā
vocative	Cantabrigia
locative	Cantabrigiae

Derived terms

• Cantabrigiensis