Cumberland Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a plateau largely in Kentucky and Tennessee, a part of the Appalachian Mountains: highest point, about 4,000 feet (1,220 meters).

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Cumberland Mountains Cultural  

1. Southwestern division of the Appalachian Mountains; sometimes called the Cumberland Plateau.

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Example Sentences

Mrs. Nelson was born Carrie Lee Dotson in Wise, Va., in the Cumberland Mountains of Appalachia, the ninth of 10 children, and she grew up in an area known as “Dotson Holler.”

From Washington Post

In the past three decades, only 15 people have completed Cantrell’s Barkley Marathons, a 100-mile venture over unmarked terrain in the Cumberland Mountains in eastern Tennessee.

From New York Times

By early afternoon Saturday, more than 80 Letcher County residents lined up outside an unassuming house overlooking the once-booming coal town of Jenkins, tucked into the shadow of the Cumberland Mountains on the Virginia border.

From Washington Times

The youngest of 14 children, Ms. Ritchie grew up in Kentucky’s Cumberland Mountains, where her family had lived since the 18th century.

From Washington Post

It related how the barrier of the Cumberland Mountains stymied expansion in the 1700s.

From Southern Living