Cumberland

English +, Maryland <dab!> Etymology From en enm Cumberland, from en ang Cumberland. Pronunciation en /ˈkʊm.bə.lənd/ Northern England en /ˈkʌm.bə.lənd/ RP,Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cumberland.wav Southern England Proper noun A maritime historic border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria. en unitary authority in co/Cumbria cc/England created on 1 April 2023, replacing bor/Allerdale and bor/Copeland and the city of dist/Carlisle, with a similar area to the historic county of Cumberland. Related terms: en Westmorland and Furness another unitary authority in Cumbria created on the same day en 1 September 2026 Federica Bedendo Former coroner's court to be sold off https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyjnyx65dyo BBC News Owner Cumberland Council said the Station Road office had been put up for sale for £225,000 as the authority wanted to "dispose of assets which are surplus to requirements". 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260903163046/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyjnyx65dyo en place c/USA, including: en town co/Cumberland County s/Maine. en city/county seat co/Allegany County s/Maryland. en town co/Providence County s/Rhode Island. TopoZone: Cumberland. Rhode Island en CDP/county seat co/Cumberland County s/Virginia. TopoZone: Cumberland, Virginia en river s/Kentucky and s/Tennessee, a tributary to the Ohio River. en town on isl/Vancouver Island p/British Columbia c/Canada. en lgarea in the western suburbs of city/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia Cumberland City Council. en. Derived terms en Cumberland Center Cumberland disease Cumberland Foreside Cumberland Hill Cumberlandism Cumberland Reach Cumberland rum butter Cumberland sauce Cumberland County Cumberland sausage New Cumberland Cumberland pie Cumberland slider References en terms suffixed with -land en Counties of England Old English Etymology Originally Cumbra land, from Cumbra, genitive form of ang *Cumbre Cumbrian Britons + ang land. ang *Cumbre derives from ang xcb *Cumbri, cognate of cy Cymry.The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names 2010 Watts Victor Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-16855-7 175 https://archive.org/details/cambridgediction0000unse_y6u4/page/175 Proper noun n ang Cumbria Brittonic kingdom in northern England and southern Scotland The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cyning oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande. Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of Scotland, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (D) ang Mille anni. Her on þissum geare se cyning ferde into Cumberlande ⁊ swyðe neah eall forhergode. 1000. In this year the king went into Cumbria and ravaged very nearly all of it. Declension Cumberland sg Related terms ang Stræcledwealas Descendants enm Cumberland en Cumberland References ang Places in Cumbria, England