Northumbria

[nawr-thuhm-bree-uh] Origin

North·um·bri·a

[nawr-thuhm-bree-uh]
noun
an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To Northumbria

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Northumbria is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Northumbria (nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə)
 
n
1.  (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
2.  an area of NE England roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon region of Northumbria

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Norðhymbre, which lay "north" of the river Humber (L. Humbri fluminis, c.720), an ancient pre-English river name of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature