city in NW England; county seat of Cumbria: county district pop. 101,000
See Carlisle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kär-līlˈ, kärˈlīlˌ)
A borough of northwest England near the Scottish border. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Carlisle's 11th-century castle from May to July 1568. Population: 71,700.