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Cumbria
[ kuhm-bree-uh ]
noun
- a county in NW England. 2,659 sq. mi. (6,886 sq. km).
Cumbria
/ ˈkʌmbrɪə /
noun
- (since 1974) a county of NW England comprising the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland together with N Lancashire: includes the Lake District mountain area and surrounding coastal lowlands with the Pennine uplands in the extreme east. Administrative centre: Carlisle. Pop: 489 800 (2003 est). Area: 6810 sq km (2629 sq miles)
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It was once the lifeblood of regions including the county of Cumbria, where Whitehaven lies.
From Washington Post
Although eagles are now more than rare in Britain, there was a time when they bred among the crags of Cumbria.
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But the mountains of Wales and the moors of Cornwall and Cumbria did not greatly tempt the settler.
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A Frenchman chartered her, but he's dead now, as is almost everybody connected with the Cumbria.
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The Britons of Cumbria who had come to be tributaries of the Northumbrian kings, were thus included in it.
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Jefferson glanced at the dingy forest, flaming creek, and the Cumbria's slanted deck with a little glow in his eyes.
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