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

Type of: full general, general, river

Part of: Bluegrass State, Ken., Kentucky, KY, Tenn., Tennessee, TN, Volunteer State

Encyclopedia: Cumberland, Oklahoma