Cumbrian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveCumbrian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland.

    The Tories picked off all of the party’s Cumbrian constituencies between 2010 and 2019.

    2024 July 5, “Labour seizes Cumbria winning five of six seats”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2024, retrieved 02 Sep 2026
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    Sunday, as the Midland timetable sapiently observed, was a dies non in Scotland, yet the N.B.R. [North British Railway], though a Scots company, had a Sunday train; true, it did not work on Scottish soil, as it only ran over the 22 miles of Cumbrian track that connected Carlisle and Silloth.

    1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 519

    Leaving on another Northern Class 195, I head for a trip along one of the UK's most unappreciated scenic lines - the Cumbrian coast.

    2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56
nounCumbrian (countable and uncountable, plural Cumbrians)

plural Cumbrians

  1. countableA native or inhabitant of Cumbria or Cumberland.
  2. uncountableAn accent and dialect of English spoken in Cumbria.

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APA

Cumbrian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cumbrian

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“Cumbrian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cumbrian. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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