Cumbria

[ kuhm-bree-uh ]

noun

1. a county in NW England. 2,659 sq. mi. (6,886 sq. km).

Cumbria

/ ˈkʌmbrɪə /

noun

1. (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)

Example Sentences

It was once the lifeblood of regions including the county of Cumbria, where Whitehaven lies.

From Washington Post

Although eagles are now more than rare in Britain, there was a time when they bred among the crags of Cumbria.

From Project Gutenberg

But the mountains of Wales and the moors of Cornwall and Cumbria did not greatly tempt the settler.

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A Frenchman chartered her, but he's dead now, as is almost everybody connected with the Cumbria.

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The Britons of Cumbria who had come to be tributaries of the Northumbrian kings, were thus included in it.

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Jefferson glanced at the dingy forest, flaming creek, and the Cumbria's slanted deck with a little glow in his eyes.

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