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.

 

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