Northumbria

Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: kingdom of the Angles (653–954)
  • Also known as: “Kingdom of Northumbria”, “Kinnekräich Northumbrien”, “Kongedømmet Northumbria”, “Kraljevina Northumbrija”, “Kraljevina Nortumbrija”, “Norðhumbría”, “Nordhumbrien”, “Nordimbraland”, “Norðymbraland”, “Northhumbria”, “Northumbrialaiset”, “Northumbrië”, “Northumbrio”, “Nortúmbria”, “Nortumbrio”, “Norþanhymbra”, “Norþanhymbra rice”, “Regatul Northumbriei”, “Regne de Northumbria”, “Reino de Nortúmbria”, “Королевство Нортумбрия”, “Кралство Нортамбрија”, “נורת’אמבריה”, “נורת’האמבריה”, “נורת’מבריה”, “נורתמבריה”, “นอร์ทธัมเบรีย”, “อาณาจักรนอร์ทธัมเบรีย”, “노섬브리아”, “諾森布里亞語”, and “诺森布里亚语”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hadrian’s Wall and Magnis.

Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Empire…

Archaeological site
or Magna was a Roman fort near in northern Britain.

is a 12th-century castle…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haltwhistle and Gilsland.

is a market town in , along…

Village
is a village in northern England about… is situated 3 miles west of Northumbria.

Locality
is a village and former civil parish, now… is situated 3½ miles southeast of Northumbria.

Northumbria

Latitude
55° north
Longitude
-2.5° or 2° 30′ west
Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)
Open location code
9C7V2G22+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Northumbria” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نورثمبريا”
  • Armenian: “Նորթումբրիա”
  • Asturian: “Reinu de Northumbria”
  • Basque: “Northumbria”
  • Bavarian: “Northumbria”
  • Belarusian: “Нартумбрыя”
  • Bengali: “নর্থামব্রিয়া”
  • Breton: “Rouantelezh Northumbria”
  • Bulgarian: “Нортумбрия”
  • Catalan: “Northúmbria”
  • Chinese: “諾森布里亞”
  • Chinese: “諾森布里亞王國”
  • Chinese: “诺森布里亚”
  • Croatian: “Kraljevstvo Northumbrija”
  • Czech: “Northumbrie”
  • Czech: “Northumbrijské království”
  • Danish: “Northumbria”
  • Dutch: “Koninkrijk Northumbria”
  • Esperanto: “Northumbria”
  • Estonian: “Northumbria”
  • Finnish: “Northumbria”
  • French: “Northumbrie”
  • Galician: “Reino de Northumbria”
  • Georgian: “ნორთუმბრია”
  • German: “Northumbria”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐍉𐍂𐌸𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Βασίλειο της Νορθούμπρια”
  • Greek: “Νορθουμβρία”
  • Hebrew: “ממלכת נורת’מבריה”
  • Hungarian: “Northumbria”
  • Icelandic: “Konungsríkið Norðymbraland”
  • Indonesian: “Kerajaan Northumbria”
  • Indonesian: “Northumbria”
  • Irish: “Ríocht Northumbria”
  • Italian: “Regno di Northumbria”
  • Japanese: “ノーサンブリア”
  • Japanese: “ノーサンブリア王国”
  • Korean: “노섬브리아 왕국”
  • Latin: “Regnum Northanhymbrorum”
  • Latvian: “Nortambrija”
  • Lithuanian: “Nortumbrija”
  • Low German: “Northumbria”
  • Luxembourgish: “Northumbrien”
  • Macedonian: “Нортамбрија”
  • Mazanderani: “نرف آمبریا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northumbria”
  • Norwegian: “Northumbria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþhymbra Rīce”
  • Persian: “پادشاهی نورثامبریا”
  • Polish: “Nortumbria”
  • Portuguese: “Reino da Nortúmbria”
  • Romanian: “Northumbria”
  • Russian: “Нортумбрия”
  • Scots: “Kinrick o Northumbrie”
  • Serbian: “Нортамбрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nortumbrija”
  • Slovak: “Northumbria”
  • Slovenian: “Northumbria”
  • Slovenian: “Northumbrija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نورثامبریا کراللیغی”
  • Spanish: “Reino de Northumbria”
  • Swedish: “Northumbria”
  • Thai: “ราชอาณาจักรนอร์ทัมเบรีย”
  • Turkish: “Northumbria”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівство Нортумбрія”
  • Ukrainian: “Нортумбрія”
  • Venetian: “regno de Nortùnbria”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương quốc Northumbria”
  • Welsh: “Northumbria”
  • Western Frisian: “Keninkryk Noardumbrje”
  • Western Frisian: “Northumbria”
  • Wu Chinese: “诺森布里亚王国”

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