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CAMBRIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Wales

Synonyms:

Cambrian; Cymry; Welsh; Welshman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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