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NORTHUMBERLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Meronyms (parts of "Northumberland"):
Flodden (a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513)
Holonyms ("Northumberland" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
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