Standard Lemma guide

Cantabrian

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

From, or pertaining to, Cantabria

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name

Meaning 2

A Romance variety spoken in Cantabria.

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name

Meaning 3

The language of the Cantabri, formerly believed to be Basque but now generally thought to be Celtic.

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Usage: obsolete

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name

Meaning 4

An age beginning 305 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.

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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 5

Someone from Cantabria.

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noun

Meaning 6

Someone from Canterbury

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Usage: New-Zealand

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History

Etymology

From Cantabria + -an.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: cántabru — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Asturian: cántabra — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Asturian: cántabro — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Catalan: cantàbric — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Catalan: càntabre — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Dutch: Cantabrisch — pertaining to Cantabria
  • French: cantabrique — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Friulian: cantabric — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Georgian: კანტაბრიული (ḳanṭabriuli) — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Georgian: კანტაბრიის (ḳanṭabriis) — pertaining to Cantabria
  • German: kantabrisch — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Italian: cantabrico — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Polish: kantabryjski — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Spanish: cántabro — pertaining to Cantabria
  • Asturian: cántabru — language
  • Catalan: càntabre — language
  • Georgian: კანტაბრიული (ḳanṭabriuli) — language
  • Georgian: კანტაბრიული ენა (ḳanṭabriuli ena) — language
  • German: Kantabrisch — language
  • Polish: kantabryjski — language
  • Catalan: càntabre — person from Cantabria
  • Dutch: Cantabriër — person from Cantabria
  • Dutch: Cantaber — person from Cantabria
  • Dutch: Cantabrische — person from Cantabria
  • French: Cantabre — person from Cantabria
  • Georgian: კანტაბრიელი (ḳanṭabrieli) — person from Cantabria
  • Polish: Kantabryjczyk — person from Cantabria
  • Spanish: cántabro — person from Cantabria