Cambria
Old name, Wales
Cambria is the classical Latin name for Wales, derived from the Welsh word for the Welsh people.
The term survives in geology—the Cambrian period takes its name from rocks first studied in Wales.
Cambria appears in poetic or formal contexts referring to Wales: the hills of Cambria.
It's also a typeface and a California coastal town.
Name shared by country and state
- PalatinoRenaissance-style serif typeface
- TimesPeriods or newspaper
- ClarendonBold condensed typeface
- BellNotable family name
Miller · Caledonia · Utopia · Cochin · Swift · Cartier · Calibri · ClearType
Of a Celtic nation
- CardiffWelsh seat of government
- SnowdoniaWelsh mountain national park
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
principality · Ordovician · slate · coal · druids · castles · Pembrokeshire · ancient
Georgia
Name shared by country and state
Bell · Miller · Caledonia · Utopia · Cochin · Swift · Cartier · Calibri · ClearType · Microsoft
Welsh
Of a Celtic nation
medieval · principality · Ordovician · slate · coal · druids · castles · Pembrokeshire · ancient · Roman
Ordovician
Paleozoic geological period
- SilurianPaleozoic period, mid-range
- trilobiteExtinct segmented marine arthropod
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
Paleozoic · sedimentary · strata · period · era · explosion · fauna · ancient · formation · rocks
CambriaAnglia
Latin for England
England · Wessex · Mercia · East Anglia · Northumbria
- Cambrian periodEarliest Paleozoic era
- Cambrian explosionSudden appearance of complex life