Westmorland

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Westmorland

/ˈwɛstmələnd/ UK

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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.

proper noun Wm. · Westmoreland

A historical county in northwestern England (contained within Cumbria since 1974 and, since 2023, Westmorland and Furness)
A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
A surname.

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@misc{westmorland_2026,
  title = {Westmorland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/westmorland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}