Lake District
noun
a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
Also called
Lake Country.
Compare
Lake Poets.
Example sentences from the Web for lake district
A railway from the coast to the lake-district is under construction.
Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway
British Dictionary definitions for lake district
Lake District
noun
a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region
Also called: Lakeland