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

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

Four men gained entry to a building in the Cumberland Basin area of the city in the early hours of 25 September, Avon and Somerset Police said.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The party’s gravitational center sits in Cumberland and York counties: Greater Portland and the southern coastal strip.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

The Army of the Cumberland was on the march with General Rosecrans; for weeks they had been drilling, but now they were sure that action was about to begin.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt