The Romans named the river Cam, and they built a bridge over the River CAm ! :) So they decided to call it Cambridge! Hope that helps u like sooooooooooooo much!!
The river through Cambridge (UK) is called the Cam. There was a bridge.
(There are now several including some famous ones)
Any other Cambridges worldwide are named after this one.
The University of Cambridge - in England - has never changed its name.
Anglia Polytechnic University (in Cambridge and Chelmsford, England), a relatively new university, has however changed its name...
The Roman settlement on the site of present-day Cambridge was called Duriloponte. More commonly used, however, is the medieval latin name Cantabriggia, probably a latinisation of the anglo-saxon...