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[Ahsoka]

In England, there’s a river called Cam that goes through Cambridge. The river is named after the city. Understandable. So what’s the city named after? Well, it turns out the city is named after the river. How could this happen?

The reason this happened is that the river wasn’t always called Cam, nor was the city always called Cambridge. The river used to be named the Granta, and modern day Cambridge, then named Grantebrycge, was named after the river. In modern day parts of the river can still be referred to as the Granta. As for the Cam, it was renamed after the city name shifted from Grantebrycge to Cambridge over time (lots of reasons for that). This was to keep the name of the river similar to the name of the city. Which meant the river was named after the town, and the town after the river

 

[lexus]

How do you even pronounce Grantebrycge?

 

[Ahsoka]

How do you even pronounce Grantebrycge?

Apparently like this

Grantebrycge Pronunciation

How to say Grantebrycge in English? Pronunciation of Grantebrycge with 24 audio pronunciations, 1 meaning and more for Grantebrycge.

www.howtopronounce.com

 

[dark_tranquility]

I always like your fact threads

 

[lexus]

Apparently like this

Grantebrycge Pronunciation

How to say Grantebrycge in English? Pronunciation of Grantebrycge with 24 audio pronunciations, 1 meaning and more for Grantebrycge.

www.howtopronounce.com

I don’t like it

 

[Ahsoka]

I don’t like it

That’s old English for you Say thank you To the Vikings and the French, they played a role in shifting the phonetics to make it sound mor like Cambridge

 

[StrayMixx]

#Vikkipedia lol