a historic county of NW England: it became part of Cumbria in 1974 a unitary authority in NW England, in Cumbria, consisting of most of the historic county of Cumberland. Pop: 273 815 (2021). Area: 3012 sq km (1163 sq miles)
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Cum•ber•land
(kum′bər lənd),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria.
- Place Namesa town in N Rhode Island. 27,069.
- Place Namesa city in NW Maryland, on the Potomac River. 25,933.
- Place Namesa river flowing W from SE Kentucky through N Tennessee into the Ohio River. 687 mi. (1106 km) long.
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Richard. 1631–1718, English theologian and moral philosopher; bishop of Peterborough (1691–1718) 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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- Ennerdale Water
- Fort Donelson
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Keswick
- Nashville
- Scafell Pike
- Sellafield
- Stone River
- Tennessee
- Thirlmere
- Wast Water
- Wilderness Road
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