Northumbria

[ nawr-thuhm-bree-uh ]

/ nɔrˈθʌm bri ə /

noun

an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.

Example sentences from the Web for northumbria

There was doubtless learning in Northumbria, but it was altogether monastic, and limited to that one kingdom.

Battles of English History |H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
The bulk of the coins were Danish, minted by Danish kings of Northumbria.

The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire |S. W. Partington
One authority sees in his works the characteristics of the poetry of Northumbria, another inclines towards Mercia.

A Literary History of the English People |Jean Jules Jusserand
He claimed the lordship over Northumbria, Wales and Scotland.

The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882 |The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

Even with this accession of strength however he was still no match for Northumbria.

History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) |John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for northumbria

Northumbria

/ (nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə) /

noun

(in Anglo-Saxon Britain) a region that stretched from the Humber to the Firth of Forth: formed in the 7th century ad, it became an important intellectual centre; a separate kingdom until 876 ad

an area of NE England roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon region of Northumbria

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Northumbria

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Example sentences from the Web for northumbria

British Dictionary definitions for northumbria

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