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ケンブリッジ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ケンブリッジ

ケ

ン

ブ

リ

ッ

ジ

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

Cambridge

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the city of Cambridge in England, or by extension the University of Cambridge.

ケンブリッジは美うつくしい大だい学がく街がいです。
Cambridge is a beautiful university town.
彼かれはケンブリッジ大だい学がくで物ぶつ理り学がくを学

まな

ん

だ

。

He studied physics at the University of Cambridge.

Written forms

ケンブリッジUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the city/university name; usually written in kana.
剣橋けんぶりっじ
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji (phonetic kanji) spelling; rarely used and mostly historical or decorative.

Kanji

剣sabre, sword, blade
橋bridge

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'Cambridge'. The ateji spelling 剣橋 is a phonetic rendering and not etymologically related to the kanji meanings.