CAMBRIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cambrian mean?
• CAMBRIAN (noun)
The noun CAMBRIAN has 2 senses:
1. from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
2. a native or resident of Wales
Familiarity information: CAMBRIAN used as a noun is rare.
• CAMBRIAN (adjective)
The adjective CAMBRIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
Familiarity information: CAMBRIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAMBRIAN (noun)
Meaning:
From 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Cambrian; Cambrian period
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)
Meaning:
A native or resident of Wales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cymry; Welsh; Welshman; Cambrian
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)
• CAMBRIAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Cambrian; Welsh
Context examples:
the Welsh coast / Welsh syntax
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)
