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Cumbrian

British  
/ ˈkʌmbrɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Cumbria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Brook corrected that by running in the Cumbrian fells and last year he used a break, because of the death of his grandmother, to shed pounds and became the leading fielder in the England team.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2025

Hannah says other small details - like black and white Cumbrian signposts - were also pleasing to see.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

Police are also using forensics to track stolen sheep, while Cumbrian sheep and beef farmer Pip Simpson has trialled coded microdots on the sheep's fleece to brand his sheep.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2025

Some "access islands" are simply small scraps of land others are wider landscapes, like Gillcambon, a 210-hectare area of Cumbrian moorland on the edge of the Lake District.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2024

It will be gathered, the manner of wrestling differs materially from the scientific, manly, back-hold Cumbrian method.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin

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