# Westmorland

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɛstmələnd/ · frequency rank #63,367

## Definitions
1. A former county in northwestern England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
2. A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
3. A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
4. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/westmorland