Westmorland
/ˈwɛstmələnd/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A former county in northwestern England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
- 2 A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- 3 A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
- 4 A surname.
Etymology
From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land. The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County.