It is a cropped form of the Latin word Cantabridgia, meaning Cambridge, the U.S. city of the State of Massachusetts and a very prestigious university in that same region. It is also the name of an asteroid (709).
Cantabia- is the asteroid discovered by astronomer J. H . Metcalfel on February 10, 1913-
Cantabia: Asteroid number 740. from the series. -(Cantabia with C, uppercase).