Northumbria

North·um·bri·a  (nôr-thmbr-)

An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of northern England formed in the seventh century by the union of Bernicia and Deira, Angle kingdoms originally established c. a.d. 500. Much of Northumbria fell to invading Danes in the ninth century and was annexed to Wessex in 954.

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Northumbria [nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə]

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1. (Historical Terms) (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. (Placename) an area of NE England roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon region of Northumbria

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Northumbria - an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876 England - a division of the United Kingdom