Cambay
Britishnoun
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And it is a very good town, a seaport of the same trade, because further up that river is the great city of Cambay.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
It forms the western boundary of the province of Gujarat, and when flooded during the rains unites the Gulfs of Cutch and Cambay, and converts the territory of Cutch into an island.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Besides these larger ramifications, there are the Gulfs of Cambay and Kach on the Indian coast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
A cloth of Cambay is spread out on the ground; then two old women come, each of whom has in her hand a reed trumpet.
From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Butterworth, Hezekiah
They bring some ill made boats to ship cloves in the before mentioned islands, and copper, tin and Cambay stuffs.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
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