Cumberland
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Cumberland
- A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
- 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)
- A city, the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
- A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States.
- A river in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States, a tributary to the Ohio River.
- A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- Cumberland City Council, a local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cumbric *Cumbri + land, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.
Proper noun
[edit]Cumberland n
- Cumbria, Cumberland
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Cumberland | — |
accusative | Cumberland | — |
genitive | Cumberlandes | — |
dative | Cumberlande | — |
Descendants
[edit]- English: Cumberland
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Cumbric
- English terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- English terms suffixed with -land
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- en:Districts of Cumbria, England
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- en:Places in Cumbria, England
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- en:Cities in Maryland, USA
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- en:Towns in Rhode Island, USA
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- en:Census-designated places in Virginia, USA
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- en:County seats of Virginia, USA
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- en:Rivers in Kentucky, USA
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- en:Rivers in Tennessee, USA
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- en:Towns in British Columbia
- en:Towns in Canada
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- en:Local government areas of Australia
- en:Places in Sydney
- en:Places in New South Wales
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- English surnames
- en:Counties of England
- Old English terms derived from Cumbric
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- Old English lemmas
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- Old English neuter nouns
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns
- ang:Places in Cumbria, England