Cumbria

[ kuhm-bree-uh ]

/ ˈkʌm bri ə /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Cumbria

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How to use Cumbria in a sentence

It was once the lifeblood of regions including the county of Cumbria, where Whitehaven lies.
COP26 host U.K. pledges to phase out coal power while considering its first new coal mine in 30 years|Karla Adam|November 4, 2021|Washington Post
Although eagles are now more than rare in Britain, there was a time when they bred among the crags of Cumbria.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
But the mountains of Wales and the moors of Cornwall and Cumbria did not greatly tempt the settler.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5|Various
A Frenchman chartered her, but he's dead now, as is almost everybody connected with the Cumbria.
For Jacinta|Harold Bindloss

The Britons of Cumbria who had come to be tributaries of the Northumbrian kings, were thus included in it.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould
Jefferson glanced at the dingy forest, flaming creek, and the Cumbria's slanted deck with a little glow in his eyes.
For Jacinta|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for Cumbria

Cumbria

/ (ˈkʌmbrɪə) /

noun

(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)

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