Cumberland
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cumberland in British English:
UK ['kʌmbələnd]
How to pronounce Cumberland in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
- a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
Word Origin
- Cumberland
- Old English Cumbra land (945) "region of the Cymry" (see Cymric).