Cumbria
/ˈkʌm.bri.ə/noun
A county in northwest England.
Did you know?Cumbria ultimately comes from the Brittonic self-name *kombroges*, meaning “fellow-countrymen,” the same ancient ethnic root behind the Welsh name for Wales, Cymru.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Roman Britain
Brittonic
*kombroges
““fellow-countrymen” or “compatriots””
Roman Era
Latin
Cumbri / Cumbrorum
“Latinized name for the Brittonic people of the northwest”
Early Medieval
Latin
Cumbria
“Land of the Cumbri, the Brittonic inhabitants of the region”
Old English
English
Cūmbraland
“The land of the Cumbri”
Modern English
English
Cumbria
“The modern county name in northwest England”