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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