Cumbria

//ˈkʌm.bɹi.ə// name

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  1. 1
    A Brittonic kingdom in the Old North, also known as Strathclyde. historical

    "On the western side of the island, England and Scotland (and we probably can use these terms now) were still separated by the kingdom of Cumbria or Strathclyde which extended from Penrith to Govan."

  2. 2
    A county of northern England, formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of Lancashire.

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askam in furnessgrange in borrowdale

Example

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"We went to the zoo and then saw a Roman bath and a Roman fort in Southern Cumbria."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Cumbria, from Cumbri + -ia (compare Old English Cumberland). The ethnonym Cumbri derives from Cumbric *cumbrı, cognate of Welsh Cymry.

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county durhamnorth yorkshire

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