Cam

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  • cambric: a type of white linen commonly used for handkerchiefs (from Cambray, a city in northern France)
  • the River Cam in Cambridge, England
  • In northern dialect, a cam is a ridge or mound, such as those which divide plots of land and on which are planted hedges. From Scandinavian kame, "comb", "crest", "serrated ridge". May be a reference to Irish Mesolithic or Neolithic tomb- and mound-building cultures.
  • Welsh cam: crooked, bent, awry, wrong, by extension "unorthodox"
  • Cambria → Cumbria, derivative of Welsh Cymru, Wales.