Cambria

E413990

Cambria is the Latin name for Wales, historically used in scientific and poetic contexts, including the naming of the Cambrian geological period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cambria canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin exonym ⓘ
historical name ⓘ
appearsIn antiquarian geographical works ⓘ
classical-style poetry about Wales ⓘ
associatedWith geology ⓘ
contrastsWith Anglia ⓘ
linked to: England

Scotia ⓘ
derivesFrom Brittonic ethnonym for Welsh people ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo Cambrian ⓘ
Cymru ⓘ
linked to: Wales
hasAlternativeForm Cambriae ⓘ
hasCulturalContext British Isles ⓘ
Welsh history ⓘ
hasHistoricalUsagePeriod early modern scholarship ⓘ
medieval Latin literature ⓘ
hasRelatedAdjective Cambrian ⓘ
historicallyUsedAs name of Wales ⓘ
inspiredNameOf Cambrian period ⓘ
linked to: Cambrian Period
isToponymFor country in Great Britain ⓘ
languageOfForm Latin ⓘ
linkedTo Welsh national identity ⓘ
refersTo Wales ⓘ
usedBy Latin writers ⓘ
antiquarian authors ⓘ
poets ⓘ
usedIn poetic context ⓘ
scientific context ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambrian Period → namedAfter → Cambria ⓘ
HMS Cambria → namedAfter → Cambria ⓘ