Northumbria (disambiguation)
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Northumbria was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in early medieval England.
Northumbria or Northumbrian may also refer to:
- North East England
- Northumbrian dialect of Old English
- English of Northumbria, a dialect of English spoken in North East England
- 50th (Northumbrian) Division (1908–1919)
- 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (1920–1945; 1947–1961)
- 23rd (Northumbrian) Division (1939–1940)
- Northumbria University, a university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England
- Northumbrian (locomotive), an early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson in 1830
See also
- Northumbrian Water, water supply company that covers much of the North East region
- Northumbria Police, a territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
- Northumbrian burr the distinctive uvular pronunciation of R in the traditional dialects of Northumberland, Tyneside and northern County Durham
- Music of Northumbria, the traditional music of North East England
- Earl of Northumbria, a former English title of nobility
- Northumbrian smallpipes, a type of bellows-blown bagpipes from North East England
- Northumbrian Pipers' Society a society, founded to promote both types of Northumbrian bagpipes - the Northumbrian smallpipes and the half-long pipes
- Border tartan, sometimes known as Northumbrian tartan, is a design used in woven fabrics historically associated with the Anglo-Scottish Border
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