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Lake District
Lake District
the Lake District
an area in northwest England famous for its beautiful lakes and mountains and visited by many tourists. The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, is in the Lake District, and the area is connected in people's minds with many writers and poets who lived there, especially William
Wordsworth
and his sister Dorothy.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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