Cumbrian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Cumbrian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland.
- 1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 519:
- 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.
- 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56:
- Leaving on another Northern Class 195, I head for a trip along one of the UK's most unappreciated scenic lines - the Cumbrian coast.
Noun
[edit]Cumbrian (plural Cumbrians)
- A native or inhabitant of Cumbria or Cumberland.