__NOTOC__ ''Cantabrigian'' (often shortened to ''Cantab'') is an adjective that is used in two meanings: 1) to refer to what is of or pertaining to

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, located in

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;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cantabrigian Merriam-Webster Dictionary or 2) to refer to what is of or pertaining to the cities of

Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...

and

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. The term is derived from ''Cantabrigia'', a medieval Latin name for Cambridge invented on the basis of the Anglo-Saxon name ''Cantebrigge''. In Cambridge, United States, the name "Cantabrigia" appears in the city seal and (abbreviated to "Cantab") in the seal of the

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, located therein. The word Cantabrigia appears in the circular logo of the Cambridge Trust Company, a financial institution based in Cambridge, United States. A pub in Cambridge, United States, called the Cantab Lounge is a play on this abbreviation. It is also the name of one of the Rugby clubs based in

. ''Cantabrigian Rugby Club'' formerly The Old Cantabrigian RUFC, was established by the 'old boys' of local

Hills Road Sixth Form College Hills Road Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as HRSFC, Hills Road or just Hills) is a public sector co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time A-level courses for approximately 2000 sixth form students fro ...

(formerly The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys, until 1974).

Cantabrigian Rowing Club Cantabrigian Rowing Club (), known as Cantabs, is a 'town' (or CRA) rowing and sculling club in Cambridge, UK. History Cantabs was founded in 1950 as a rowing club for the old boys of the Hills Road Sixth Form College, then the Cambridgeshire ...

was similarly established, in 1950.

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*''Chambers English Dictionary'',

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, 1988.

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* {{Wiktionary-inline, Cantabrigian Culture in Cambridge Terminology of the University of Cambridge

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