a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- Also called Lake Country.
- Compare Lake Poets.
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How to use Lake District in a sentence
His father, the Seventh Earl—or ‘Lordie’ as he is still known in the Lake District—was a far more conventional figure.For Sale: The $3M British Mountain—With Aristocratic Family Feud Included | Tom Sykes | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A week later Gill, 32, was taking a break in the Lake District, a picturesque sweep of mountains outside Manchester.
No one who had not visited it before would miss the Lake District in the north of England.British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
Parliament has several times intervened to save the Lake District from the desecrating intrusion of useless railways.The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
Once we went together for a much-needed rest to the Lake District.Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for Lake District
a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region: Also called: Lakeland
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