Cumberland

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English

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 Cumberland on Wikipedia
 Cumberland, Maryland on Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Middle English Cumberlond, Cumberland, Cumbreland, from Old English Cumberland, Cumbraland, Cumerland, from Cumbric *Cumbri + Old English land, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. By surface analysis, Cumbria +‎ -land. Doublet of Cambria. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

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Proper noun

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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. Cumberland City Council, a local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  9. A surname.

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Cumbric *Cumbri + land, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

Proper noun

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Cumberland n

  1. Cumbria, Cumberland

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Descendants

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  • English: Cumberland