Cumbria

[ kuhm-bree-uh ]

/ ˈkʌm bri ə /

noun

a county in NW England. 2659 sq. mi. (6886 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for cumbria

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
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
Thus all vestiges of the old British Church of Cumbria had entirely disappeared before 1150.

The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine |George Forrest Browne
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

Mr. Austin tried to convey the same impression when he told me what they were doing on board the Cumbria.

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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