a city in E England, administrative centre of Cambridgeshire, on the River Cam: centred around the university, founded in the 12th century: electronics, biotechnology. Pop: 117 717 (2001)
Medieval Latin name: Cantabrigia
2. short for Cambridgeshire
3.
a city in the US, in E Massachusetts: educational centre, with Harvard University (1636) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pop: 101 587 (2003 est)
▶ Related adjective: Cantabrigian
Cambridge in American English
(ˈkeɪmˌbrɪdʒ)
1.
city in EC England: county seat of Cambridgeshire; site of Cambridge University: county district pop. 92,000
2.
Cambridgeshire
3.
city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
4.
city in SE Ontario, Canada: pop. 101,000
Word origin
ME Caumbrigge < OE Grantanbrycge, lit., bridge over the Granta (now called the Cam) River; (senses 3 and 4) afterthe English city