Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An Anglian kingdom of northern England formed in the seventh century by the union of Bernicia and Deira. Much of Northumbria fell to invading Danes in the ninth century and was annexed to Wessex in 954.
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- proper noun informal
North-east England ;Northumberland . - proper noun historical An
Anglo-Saxon kingdom in theNortheast ofEngland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
Etymologies
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Possibly from North of the River Humber.
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