noun
1. 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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
2. a county of northwestern England
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑county
• Part Holonyms: ↑England
• Part Meronyms: ↑Lake District, ↑Lakeland
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Cumbria [Cumbria]
a county in north-west England, on the border with Scotland. It consists of the former counties of ↑Cumberland and ↑Westmorland and part of ↑Lancashire. It contains the ↑Lake District and ↑Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.