Cambridgeshire

[ keym-brij-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a county in E England. 1,316 sq. mi. (3,410 sq. km).

Cambridgeshire

/ -ʃə; ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The rest of the family arrived in Britain a year later and they settled in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

From The Daily Beast

Papworth Hospital, a cardiac specialty facility in Cambridgeshire, said the procedure was carried out “successfully.”

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Fellows, this is the man who has undone by force our lovely Rose Westel, the handsomest maid in Cambridgeshire.

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She stood for a moment looking at the view, for a few steps will increase a view in Cambridgeshire.

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We are going into Cambridgeshire this week, and are watching the weather with private views.

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Hickes has given us a bond of fellowship among the thanes of Cambridgeshire, containing several curious particulars.

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In 1848 he advocated the use of phosphate nodules in the "Greensand" beds of Cambridgeshire.

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