Definitions for Cambrian

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Cambrian Cam·bri·an

Spelling: [kam-bree-uh n]

IPA: /ˈkæm bri ən/

Cambrian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in Cambrian (aabcimnr).

Definitions for Cambrian

noun

1. Geology. the Cambrian Period or System.
2. a native of Cambria; Welshman.

adjective

1. Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
2. of or relating to Cambria; Welsh.

Origin of Cambrian

1580-90; Medieval Latin Cambri(a) Wales, Latinization of MWelsh Cymry Wales, literally Welshmen (see Cymry) + -an

Examples for Cambrian

It was leased to the Cambrian, but got into Chancery and was closed a few years later.

The Mid-Wales like the Cambrian, had had a chequered early career.

A variant of the preceding story appears in the Cambrian Magazine, vol.

But of the Cambrian as we know it to-day there will be something more to be said presently.

But he had to the full the Cambrian's reverential esteem for high qualities.

But the Cambrian had stout friends to put in the witness-box.

Then in the Cambrian era, around 570 million years ago, recognizably complex animal life evolved, including vertebrate ancestors.

Upon the whole, the Cambrian work is superior to the Spanish.

Can any of your Cambrian readers inform me the origin of this anniversary?

But it is not only in length that the Cambrian has developed in recent years.