cumberland

Cum·ber·land

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kuhm-ber-luh nd]
- /ˈkʌm bər lənd/
- /ˈkʌmbələnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuhm-ber-luh nd]
- /ˈkʌm bər lənd/

Definitions of cumberland word

noun cumberland (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria 3
noun cumberland Richard. 1631–1718, English theologian and moral philosopher; bishop of Peterborough (1691–1718) 3
noun cumberland 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 3
noun cumberland former county of NW England, now part of Cumbria county 3
noun cumberland river in S Ky. & N Tenn., flowing west into the Ohio at the S Ill. border: 687 mi (1,106 km) 3
noun cumberland a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria. 1

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cumberland popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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