Lake District

English

Proper noun

the Lake District

  1. A region and national park in Cumbria, north-western England, characterised by its many lakes.
    • 1889, The Wesley Naturalist, volume 2, page 143:
      Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit.

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