Cumberland

[ kuhm-ber-luhnd ]

/ ˈkʌm bər lənd /

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noun

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

a town in N Rhode Island.

a city in NW Maryland, on the Potomac River.

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

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Words nearby Cumberland

cum, cumacean, Cumae, Cumaná, cumber, Cumberland, Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland sauce, Cumbernauld, cumbersome

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How to use Cumberland in a sentence

Hikers have 150 miles of trails to choose from, including the 200-mile-long Cumberland, which begins outside town and runs north along the plateau.
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It includes all of Salem County and parts of Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
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Travel through western Maryland’s wild side on this 193-mile route as it winds from the small community of Keysers Ridge to the city of Cumberland.
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The Obey and Cumberland rivers supported the burgeoning lumber industry and the rise of Nashville.
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Most of Ravenscroft’s customers, he said, are locals — moms buying milk or men on their way to blue-collar jobs or professionals headed to Cumberland for office jobs.
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The journey began well, as Washington managed to collect some rent from war-ravaged tenants in Cumberland.
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Separated from Frederick for 13 years, George II clearly favoured his second son, William, Duke of Cumberland.
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One woman, Linda Krone of Cumberland, Maryland held a sign proclaiming: “Next time . . . elect an American.”
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Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.
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The next day, we rounded the north extremity of the Cumberland Islands.
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About Christmas they again ravaged Northumberland, and let off Cumberland till midsummer day next year for the sum of 600 marks.
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When at close range, it pierced the "Cumberland" with its iron ram causing it to sink.
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His (Mr. Brownlow's) house, in Cumberland street, was more frequently visited by them than any other building in the town.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cumberland (1 of 2)

Cumberland¹

/ (ˈkʌmbələnd) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for Cumberland (2 of 2)

Cumberland²

/ (ˈkʌmbələnd) /

noun

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

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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