Cumberland

English

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Etymology

From Old English Cumberland.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Cumberland

1. A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
2. A unitary authority in Cumbria, England, created on 1 April 2023, replacing Allerdale borough and Copeland borough, and the city of Carlisle district, with basically the same area as the old county of Cumberland.

   Related terms: Westmorland and Furness (another unitary authority in Cumbria created on the same day)

3. A city, the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
4. A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
5. A census-designated place, the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States.
6. A river in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States, a tributary to the Ohio River.
7. A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
8. A local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cumberland City Council.
9. A surname.

Derived terms

• Cumberland County
• Cumberland disease
• Cumberlandism
• Cumberland pie
• Cumberland rum butter
• Cumberland sauce
• Cumberland sausage
• Cumberland slider
• New Cumberland