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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024North•um•bri•a (nôr thum′brē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Ancient History, Place Namesan early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth. See map under Mercia.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Northumbria /nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə/ n - (in Anglo-Saxon Britain) a region that stretched from the Humber to the Firth of Forth: formed in the 7th century ad, it became an important intellectual centre; a separate kingdom until 876 ad
- an area of NE England roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon region of Northumbria
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