Cumberland
Americannoun
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a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria.
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a town in N Rhode Island.
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a city in NW Maryland, on the Potomac River.
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a river flowing W from SE Kentucky through N Tennessee into the Ohio River. 687 miles (1,106 km) long.
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Richard. 1631–1718, English theologian and moral philosopher; bishop of Peterborough (1691–1718)
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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
noun
Example Sentences
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At the center of this effort is the Cumberland District Energy project.
From Science Daily • May 6, 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
“I’m not anti-ICE by any stroke of the imagination, but they’ve moved the goal posts,” Joyce, the sheriff of Cumberland County, and a self-described moderate Democrat, said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
The party’s gravitational center sits in Cumberland and York counties: Greater Portland and the southern coastal strip.
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025
She was not allowed much time for meditation: a monitor, a great rough girl, presently came up, exclaiming in a strong Cumberland accent—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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