Cambrian (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or resident of Wales
Synonyms:
Cambrian; Cymry; Welsh; Welshman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cambrian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Cambrian" is a member of...):
Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Derivation:
Cambrian (of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language)
Sense 2
Meaning:
From 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
Synonyms:
Cambrian; Cambrian period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)
Holonyms ("Cambrian" is a part of...):
Paleozoic; Paleozoic era (from 544 million to about 230 million years ago)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
Example:
Welsh syntax
Synonyms:
Cambrian; Welsh
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Cambria (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Derivation:
Cambria (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Cambrian (a native or resident of Wales)