Northumberland
//nɔː(ɹ)ˈθʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
- 2 A unitary authority in Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
- 3 An English dukedom.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A town in Saratoga County, New York.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Example
More examples"The progress realised in the German chemical trade is well known, and it is only too badly felt in Scotland and Northumberland; while the reports on the German iron and steel industries which one finds in the publications of the Iron and Steel Institute and in the inquiry which was made by the British Iron Trade Association show how formidably the production of pig-iron and of finished iron has grown in Germany since 1871."
Etymology
From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, from Old English Norþhymbra land (“land of the Northumbrians”).
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