cumbrian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Cumbria or Cumberland.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Leaving on another Northern Class 195, I head for a trip along one of the UK's most unappreciated scenic lines - the Cumbrian coast."
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.