Plural of cantaber; members of an ancient people from the Cantabria region in northern Spain.
From Latin 'Cantabri,' referring to the ancient Celtic-Iberian people of the Cantabrian region, literally meaning 'the people of Cantabria,' an area in what is now Spain.
The Cantabri were so fierce and resisted Roman conquest so effectively that they held out longer than almost any other Iberian tribe—their resistance became legendary, and the Romans finally conquered them only through starvation and psychological warfare around 19 BCE.
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