Cumberland
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Cumberland, from Old English Cumberland.
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.
- A local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cumberland City Council.
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Old English
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Etymology
[edit]Originally Cumbra land, from Cumbra, genitive form of *Cumbre (“Cumbrian Britons”) + land. *Cumbre derives from Cumbric *Cumbri, cognate of Welsh Cymry.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Cumberland n
- Cumbria (a Brittonic kingdom in northern England and southern Scotland)
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- 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)
- 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.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cumberland | — |
| accusative | Cumberland | — |
| genitive | Cumberlandes | — |
| dative | Cumberlande | — |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: Cumberland
- English: Cumberland
References
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