English

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Cumbria UK location map

Etymology

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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.

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Proper noun

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Cumbria

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

References

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

Further reading

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  Cumbria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia