Cumbrian Mountains

[ kuhm-bree-uhn ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in the Lake District, NW England. Highest peak, Scafell Pike, 3,210 feet (978 meters).

Cumbrian Mountains

/ ˈkʌmbrɪən /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in NW England, in Cumbria. Highest peak: Scafell Pike, 977 m (3206 ft)

Example Sentences

She becomes a survivalist, a paramilitary soldier who was trained in the Cumbrian mountains, taught guerrilla tactics and reconnaissance skills, and tortured to ensure she could withstand captivity.

From The Guardian

"Nothing can be better than all those chapters which describe life among the Cumbrian mountains; this is Mr. Watson's real theme, and he deserves all the thanks we can give him for executing it with such true feeling."

From Project Gutenberg

I would not let her enter the house immediately, but made her come with me to the terrace above the river, to see the view over the Cumbrian mountains and the moors of Eskdale.

From Project Gutenberg

But if a visitor will mount the hills that lie to the north, turn southward and look over the wide expanse of land and water to the Cumbrian mountains, then, should he be fortunate enough to see the landscape in stormy and unsettled weather, he may realize why the land was so dear to its most famous son that he could return to it from year to year throughout his life and could there at all times soothe his most unquiet moods.

From Project Gutenberg

And now, for the first time, his sorrow flung from him like a useless garment, he found himself alone among the Cumbrian mountains, and impelled in strong idolatry almost to kneel down and worship the divine beauty of the moon, and "stars that are the poetry of heaven."

From Project Gutenberg