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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient Celtic kingdom of northwest England. The southern part came under Anglo-Saxon control c. 944; the northern portion passed to Scotland in 1018.
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- proper noun A
modern county ofEngland made up of theformer counties ofCumberland ,Westmorland and part ofLancashire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- noun a county of northwestern England
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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Details of current road closures can be found on Cumbria County Council's website: www. cumbria.gov.uk, Cumbria Highways hotline: 0845 609
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The previous entry on the London Underground blog is a shot of a sign at Penrith station (in Cumbria).
Humour Maxine 2009
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