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Cumbria

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English

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The modern county of Cumbria

Etymology

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FromMedieval LatinCumbria, fromCumbri +‎-ia (compare Old EnglishCumberland). TheethnonymCumbri derives fromCumbric*cumbrı, cognate of WelshCymry.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cumbria

  1. (historical) ABrittonic kingdom in theOld North, also known asStrathclyde.
    • 2001, Michael Lynch, editor,The Oxford Companion to Scottish History:
      On the western side of the island, England and Scotland (and we probably can use these terms now) were still separated by the kingdom ofCumbria or Strathclyde which extended from Penrith to Govan.
  3. A county of northern England, formed in 1974 fromCumberland,Westmorland, and part ofLancashire.

References

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  1. ^Edmonds, Fiona (2014), “The Emergence and Transformation of Medieval Cumbria”, inThe Scottish Historical Review‎[1], volume93, number 2, pages195–216

Further reading

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Cumbria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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