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Cumbrian
Cumbrian Cum"bri*an (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.
Cumbrian system
Cumbrian Cum"bri*an (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.
Northumbrian
Northumbrian North*um"bri*an, a. Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.

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- Umbrian is an extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria. Within the Italic languages it is closely...
- The Osco-Umbrian, Sabellic or Sabellian languages are an extinct group of Italic languages, the Indo-European languages that were spoken in central and...
- speakers. It is somewhat smaller than the ancient Umbria. Most ancient Umbrian cities were settled in the 9th-4th centuries BC on easily defensible hilltops...
- ancient Italic languages are Faliscan (the closest to Latin), Umbrian and Oscan (or Osco-Umbrian), and South Picene. Other Indo-European languages once spoken...
- They eventually drove the Umbrians towards the Apennine uplands and captured 300 Umbrian towns. Nevertheless, the Umbrian po****tion does not seem to...
- scholars suggest their totemic animal to be the calf (Latin: vitulus; Umbrian: vitlo; Oscan: Víteliú). Several ancient authors said it was named after...
- organized al a loose confederation of towns whose inhabitants spoke the Umbrian language. This cir****stance prevailed in history during the early and middle...
- represented by [r̝]. In transliterations of the native alphabet of the extinct Umbrian language, ř is used to designate a sound of unknown quality, generally...
- into the Roman Republic. The Sabines derived directly from the ancient Umbrians and belonged to the same ethnic group as the Samnites and the Sabelli,...
- Samnites, and many other peoples of central and southern Italy; and the Umbrian languages, spoken by the Umbri of the Central Apennines, the rustic Picentes...