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CUMBRIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A county of northwestern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Meronyms (parts of "Cumbria"):
Lake District; Lakeland (a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain)
Holonyms ("Cumbria" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Cumbria" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)