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Westmorland

American  
[west-mawr-luhnd, -mohr-, west-mer-luhnd] / ˈwɛstˌmɔr lənd, -ˌmoʊr-, ˈwɛst mər lənd /

noun

  1. a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria, partially in the Lake District.


Westmorland British  
/ ˈwɛsmə-, ˈwɛstmələnd /

noun

  1. (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part 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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The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, said he has spoken to Network Rail about the damage to the line and what the next steps would be.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Westmorland and Furness Council had warned of congestion around junction 36 of the M6, with Dave Day motorcyclists arriving in Barrow from mid-afternoon.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Westmorland and Furness Council said every single item of food that was repurposed by the group, based at the Eddington CIC, would otherwise go to landfill.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Westmorland and Furness Council opened a reception centre overnight at Ulverston leisure centre for those residents who had been evacuated from their homes.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

White Gill, in Langdale, Westmorland, nearly at the back of the inn at Millbeck, derives its chief interest from the loss of the two Greens there, so graphically described by De Quincey.

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

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