Editing Cambrai (section)

==Toponymy==
The location is attested as ''Camaracum'' in the 4th century in the [[Tabula Peutingeriana|Peutinger Table]] and ''Cameracum'' (no date). It recognises the Gallo-Roman suffix of Celtic origin {{Interlanguage link multi|Suffix of -acum|fr|3=Suffixe -acum|lt=''-acum''}} "place of", "property of", preceded by an element not identified with certainty. [[Albert Dauzat]] and [[Charles Rostaing]]<ref>''Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France'', Librairie Guénégaud 1978. p.135.</ref> offered the Gallo-Roman type name of a person called Camarus.

This is also found in the anthroponym of [[Chambray]] (Eure) (''Cambracus'' 1011, ''Cameragus'' to 1025). Variants ''Cambarius'' and ''Camarius'' would also explain [[Cambayrac]], [[Chambry, Aisne|Chambry]] in Aine and [[Chambry, Seine-et-Marne|the same]] in Seine-et-Marne, [[Chamery]], [[Chémery]], etc. François de Beaurepaire<ref>''Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure'', éditions Picard 1981. p.87.</ref> notes that it may also be a pre-Latin ''camar'' or ''cambar'' theme. However, [[Xavier Delamarre]] cited the personal name ''Cambarius'', which he considers as based on the Gallic word ''cambo-'' "curve" (cf. old Irish ''camb'', ''camm'' "curved", "bent" or "twisted"). ''Camarus'' would be a variant of this Gallic nickname meaning "that which is curved".<ref>''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'', éditions errance 2003. p.100.</ref>

The Cambrai shape is Normanno-Picard with a hard "C", characteristic of the north of the [[Joret line]] and therefore corresponds to the form of [[Francien language|Francien]] type Chambray. In addition, the name of the town was written ''Cambray'' until the [[French Revolution]].

It is known under the name of ''Kamerijk'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crgfa.org/la-flandre/villes-et-villages/c-d-e|title=Centre de Recherche généalogique Flandre-Artois|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626121639/http://www.crgfa.org/la-flandre/villes-et-villages/c-d-e|archive-date=2015-06-26}}</ref> and formerly ''Kamerich'' in [[German language|German]] and ''Camberick/Cambrick'' in [[English language|English]].