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The origin of Cambridge's name
Cambridge, like Oxford, is a charming traditional university town. The achievements of Cambridge University in natural science are particularly outstanding, and it has trained Newton, Darwin and other great scientists who initiated a new era of science. Eighty-eight Nobel Prize winners came from this school (in fact, more than 65,438+000 people work or teach in this school, but the official data of Cambridge University depends on whether students or teachers have the membership/researcher qualification of this school), which is a rare honor in the world. People call Cambridge "the cradle of natural science" with admiration.

Cambridge is a combination of transliteration and free translation English Cambridge is pronounced "Cambridge", which means bridge. Cam sounds like "sword" in Fujian and Guangdong dialects. Also known as Cambridge (translation combining transliteration with free translation of Putonghua). There is indeed a sword river here, which flows northeast in a great circle in the city. Many bridges were built on the river, so the city was named Cambridge.