Associations to the word «Northumbria»

Wiktionary

NORTHUMBRIA, proper noun. (informal) North-east England; Northumberland.
NORTHUMBRIA, proper noun. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England.

Dictionary definition

NORTHUMBRIA, noun. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats