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Cumbrian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Cumbria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cumbrian From Cumbria + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Cumbrian en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Cumbria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cumbrian From Cumbria + -an.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Cumbria or Cumberland.
2. (uncountable) An accent and dialect of English spoken in Cumbria.

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