Cumbria

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Cumbria

/ˈkʊm.bɹi.ə/ Northern England
/ˈkʌm.bɹi.ə/ UK, Southern England

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

proper noun

historical A Brittonic kingdom in the Old North, also known as Strathclyde. 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.
A county of northern England, formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of Lancashire. Cumbria is a county where plenty of seats have changed hands in recent elections.

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Closest in meaning: cumberland, lancashire, county durham, northumberland, carlisle, furness, north yorkshire, keswick, copeland, westmorland, border city, lancs, lake district, south lakeland, bassenthwaite lake, whitehaven

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@misc{cumbria_2026,
  title = {Cumbria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cumbria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}