Cumbria

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English[edit]

Cumbria UK location map

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Cumbria, from Old English Cumbra (in the name Cumbraland), from Cumbric *Cumbri, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ.[1] Doublet of Cumberland and Cambria. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.bɹi.ə/
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Cumbria

  1. A county of Northern England bordering Lancashire, North Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland and Scotland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Cymric”, in Online Etymological Dictionary[1], 2022 November 13 (last accessed)

Further reading[edit]

Cumbria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia