Cumbrian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cumbrian \Cum"bri*an\ (k?m"br?-an), a.
     Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks
     found there.
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     {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.
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