Cumberland Synonyms

A river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cumberland river
English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. William Augustus
  2. Duke of Cumberland
  3. Butcher Cumberland

Cumberland Sentence Examples

  • The Cumberland County Court House, of white Maine granite, occupies the block bounded by Federal, Pearl, Church and Newbury streets; immediately opposite (to the south-west) is the Federal Court building, also of Maine granite.

  • This was replaced by several castles in succession, of which one - Castle Dounie - was taken by Cromwell and burned by the duke of Cumberland in 1746, the conflagration being witnessed from a neighbouring hill by Simon, Lord Lovat, before his capture on Loch Morar.

  • Cumberland has been called the "mineral pocket of New England."

  • In 1747, by the royal decree establishing the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Attleborough Gore, with other territory formerly under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, was annexed to Rhode Island, and the township of Cumberland was incorporated, the name being adopted in honour of William Augustus, duke of Cumberland.

  • In 1867 a part of Cumberland was set off to form the township of Woonsocket.

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