Cumbrian
/ˈkʌm.brɪ.ən/noun
A person from Cumbria or something relating to the English county of Cumbria.
Did you know?Cumbria’s name ultimately preserves the ancient Brittonic self-name later represented by Welsh Cymry, meaning “fellow-countrymen,” rather than the later English name “Welsh.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Brittonic, before the 6th century
Brittonic
*combrogi
“Fellow-countrymen or compatriots; a reconstructed self-designation of the Britons”
Early Medieval Welsh
Welsh
Cymry
“Welsh people or fellow-countrymen”
Roman and Medieval Latin
Latin
Cambria
“Wales; a Latinized form derived from the Brittonic name”
11th–12th Century
Old English
Cumberland
“Land of the Cymry or Britons”
Medieval English
English
Cumbria
“The region associated with the Brittonic people of the northwest”
Modern English
English
Cumbrian
“Of or relating to Cumbria, or a person from Cumbria”
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