Northumberland
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, equivalent to Northumbria + land. Compare Old Norse Norðymbraland (“Northumberland”).
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Proper noun[edit]
Northumberland
- The most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
- A unitary authority in England which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
- An English dukedom.
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Translations[edit]
most northerly county of England
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