Northumberland

From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, from Old English Norþhymbra land (“land of the Northumbrians”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɔː(ɹ)ˈθʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/

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Northumberland

1. A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
2. A unitary authority in Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
3. An English dukedom.
4. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
   2. A town in Saratoga County, New York.
   3. A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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