English Explanatory Dictionary

Westmorland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former county in northwestern England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
  2. A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
  4. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛstmələnd/

Word forms

Westmorland Wm. Westmoreland

Etymology

From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land. The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County.

Related words

Westmoreland

Derived words

Appleby-in-Westmorland Westmorland and Furness
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