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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A scenic area of northwest England including the Cumbrian Mountains and some 15 lakes. It is a popular tourist attraction for its associations with the 19th-century Lake Poets, notably Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey.

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  • proper noun A national park in Cumbria, north-western England characterised by its many lakes.

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  • noun a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain

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Examples

  • The county, near the Scottish border, is home to the famous tourist attraction known as the Lake District and has one of the lowest crime rates in Britain.

    Police Say Gunman Kills 12 In Britain 2010

  • So, the Lake District is a naturally very wet part of the country, and the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale is, on average, the wettest inhabited place in England with a mean annual rainfall for the standard reference period 1971-2000 of 3,400mm (134in).

    British Blogs 2009

  • So, the Lake District is a naturally very wet part of the country, and the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale is, on average, the wettest inhabited place in England with a mean annual rainfall for the standard reference period 1971-2000 of 3,400mm (134in).

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • The hotel is located in Lake District which is in the North West of England in the county of Cumbria

    Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch 2010

  • According to Cottages4You, the best-selling areas, based on 2012 bookings to date are in order: Cornwall, Scotland, Devon, Wales, Norfolk, the Lake District and Dorset.

    UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

  • Set in the Lake District in 1935, it offers up the unrequited love of Marcus for Eleanor, complete with a family doctor and a lovesick niece in a story of summer madness that turns to winter chill.

    This week's new theatre 2011

  • The Hotel, the broadcaster's current Sunday night fly-on-the-wall documentary inside a Lake District hotel, has made something of a star of general manager Wayne Bartholomew.

    From The Only Way is Essex to Made in Chelsea: has reality TV been reborn? 2011

  • It's three hours or more to the Lake District and even then you're a good distance from somewhere nice to eat.

    Restaurant review: L'Enclume 2011

  • Happily, for a Lake District bookshop it doesn't bow before the altar of Wainwright and the rambling lobby although you can get that stuff if you so desire, but remains refreshingly independent-minded.

    My favourite independent bookshop: Sam Read, Grasmere 2011

  • Over the coming week we'll be publishing lists of firms specialising in Cornwall, Scotland, Devon, Wales, Norfolk, the Lake District and Dorset – but first, here is a list of 10 that operate UK-wide.

    UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

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