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cumbrian

CIDE DICTIONARY

cumbriana. 
     Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.  [1913 Webster]
Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cumbrian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of Cumberland.
2 a of the ancient British kingdom of Cumbria. b of the modern county of Cumbria.
--n. a native of Cumberland or of ancient or modern Cumbria.

Etymology
med.L Cumbria f. Welsh Cymry Welshmen + -AN

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