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Cumbria.

A Brittonic kingdom in the Old North, also known as Strathclyde.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈkʊm.bɹi.ə/Northern-England/ˈkʌm.bɹi.ə/Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England
  1. A Brittonic kingdom in the Old North, also known as Strathclyde.

    historical
  2. A county of northern England, formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of Lancashire.

Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin Cumbria, from Cumbri + -ia (compare Old English Cumberland). The ethnonym Cumbri derives from Cumbric *cumbrı, cognate of Welsh Cymry.

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