Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Northumberland
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
English
Etymology
From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, from Old English Norþhymbra land (“land of the Northumbrians”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɔː(ɹ)ˈθʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Northumberland
- A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
- A unitary authority of the county of Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
- An English dukedom.
Derived terms
- Northumberland County
- Northumberland Park
- Northumberland Strait
Related terms
Translations
most northerly county of England
|
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads