Westmorland

//ˈwɛstmələnd// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former county in northwestern England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
  2. 2
    A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. 3
    A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
  4. 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.

Related phrases

Appleby-in-WestmorlandWestmorland and Furness

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