Northumbria
noun uk/nɔːˈθʌm.bri.ə/ us/nɔːrˈθʌm.bri.ə/
诺森布里亚（英格兰东北部的一个地区）
an area of northeastern England that was an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom (= an area ruled by a king) and now includes Northumberland, Durham, and Tyne and Wear
Malcolm grew up in Northumbria. 马尔科姆在诺森布里亚长大。
The settlement was then part of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria. 当时的诺森布里亚是安格利亚王国的一部分。
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- At that time, Northumbria was on the periphery of the civilized world.
- Until the tenth century the Lakelands were ruled from neighbouring Northumbria.
- He successfully defended Wessex from the Danish hordes that dominated the surrounding kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia.
- The study was done at the University of Northumbria.