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What does Northumbria mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Northumbria? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (informal) North East England; or specifically Northumberland.
  2. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England.
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Examples
Kenneth raided Northumbria repeatedly, but his kingdom suffered assaults from the Britons of Strathclyde as well as Scandinavians.
Northumbria Police said no police vehicles were in pursuit of the stolen car at the time of the crash.
Like Whitby in Northumbria, several of the Kentish minsters had been double houses, comprising communities of nuns and monks ruled by an abbess.
In the same way we might speak of the people of Strathclyde or of Northumbria in early English history.
When Earl Siward of Northumbria died two years later, his earldom went to Harold's brother Tostig.
Miss Owen became a fashion stylist in London after graduating from Northumbria University with a degree in economics, sociology and geography.

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