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Southumbria

Southumbria proper noun: all of Anglo-Saxon England south of the River Humber, and not in Northumbria, especially in the period before England was unified.

Proper noun

Southumbria

  1. All of Anglo-Saxon England south of the River Humber, and not in Northumbria, especially in the period before England was unified.

Questions about Southumbria

What does Southumbria mean?
Southumbria means all of Anglo-Saxon England south of the River Humber, and not in Northumbria, especially in the period before England was unified.
What part of speech is Southumbria?
Southumbria is a proper noun.

Words near Southumbria in the dictionary

  1. Southsider
  2. Southsiders
  3. southsides
  4. Southstoke
  5. Southtown
  6. Southumbria
  7. Southumbrian
  8. Southumbrians
  9. Southville
  10. Southwaite
  11. southward

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