Cambria is a latinised form of Cymru, which is the Welsh name for Wales. The name Cymru is thought to derive from an old Brythonic word "combroges", meaning "compatriots", and derives from the struggle with the Anglo-Saxons. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ...

Cambria in legend

Legend has it that the Trojan Brutus had three sons between whom he divided his lands. His elder son, Locrinus, received the land between the rivers Humber and Severn, which he called Loegria. His second son, Albanactus, got the lands beyond the :Humber, which took from him the name of Albany. The younger son, Camber, was bequeathed everything beyond the Severn, and is called after him "Cambria". Brutus of Troy or Brutus I of the Britons (Welsh: Bryttys), according to the accounts of the early Welsh historians Nennius and Geoffrey of Monmouth, was the first king of the Britons. ... Locrinus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. ... Humber is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group Humber is also the name of a river in Newfoundland, Canada, as well as a river and a college, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Severn bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) is the longest British river, at 354 kilometres (219 miles) long; it rises at an altitude of 610 metres on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales, and it passes through... Albanactus was the legendary founding king of Albany as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. ... The name Albany is an ancient and literary name for Scotland, north of the Firth of Forth (east) and Firth of Clyde (west). ... Kamber (or Camber) was a legendary king of Cambria, according to the account of Geoffrey of Monmouth. ...

This legend was hugely prevalent throughout the 12th-16th centuries, but came under serious attack in later times, and there now seems to be little documentary evidence to support it. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

Modern uses

• The name lives on however in much contemporary literature. It is also used in geology to denote the geologic period between around 545 million years and 490 million years ago, now known as the Cambrian; it was in Wales that rocks from this age were first studied.

• Many businesses have adopted the name Cambria. For example, Cambria Software Publishing's Ian Koshnick pioneered the PC clip art industry prior to the wide use of CD-ROM software distribution.

• Cambria is also the name, or part of the name, of several other places:

*Cambria, Michigan (near Hillsdale, Michigan, home of Hillsdale College)

*Cambria, California

*Cambria, Illinois

*Cambria, New York

*Cambria, Pennsylvania

*Cambria, Wisconsin

*Cambria Heights, a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in the city of New York.

• There was also a U.S. World War II-era ship named the USS Cambria, APA-36.

• Cambria is a character in the lyrical universe of Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria.

• Cambria is also the name of an orchid [[1]].