Cumberland

American  

[kuhm-ber-luhnd] / ˈkʌm bər lənd /

noun

1. a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria.

2. a town in N Rhode Island.

3. a city in NW Maryland, on the Potomac River.

4. a river flowing W from SE Kentucky through N Tennessee into the Ohio River. 687 miles (1,106 km) long.

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Cumberland ¹ British  

/ ˈkʌmbələnd /

noun

1. Richard. 1631–1718, English theologian and moral philosopher; bishop of Peterborough (1691–1718)

2. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, known as Butcher Cumberland. 1721–65, English soldier, younger son of George II, noted for his defeat of Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden (1746) and his subsequent ruthless destruction of Jacobite rebels

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Cumberland ² British  

/ ˈkʌmbələnd /

noun

1. (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria

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Example Sentences

As a small community of about 4,800 people, Cumberland does not have the internal engineering resources to fully evaluate such a project.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

The front bar invariably buzzes with locals looking for an after-work bite, hunters and hikers emerging from the Cumberland Plateau and even city folk who make the 1½-hour drive in search of connection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce called ICE’s actions “bush-league policing” in an interview on Sunday, after federal agents mistakenly arrested a local corrections officer.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

Bill Trotter, 73, from Carlisle, Cumbria, was admitted to Cumberland Infirmary in May 2024 but died two months later after falling into a diabetic coma.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

It was called Cumberland Lodge and it was nothing more than a pleasant medium-sized suburban villa.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl