(until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
Cumberland in British English2
(ˈkʌmbələnd)
noun
1.
Richard. 1631–1718, English theologian and moral philosopher; bishop of Peterborough (1691–1718)
2.
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, known as Butcher Cumberland. 1721–65, English soldier, younger son of George II, noted for his defeat of Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden (1746) and his subsequent ruthless destruction of Jacobite rebels
Cumberland in American English
(ˈkʌmbərlənd)
1.
former county of NW England, now part of Cumbria county
2.
river in S Ky. & N Tenn., flowing west into the Ohio at the S Ill. border: 687 mi (1,106 km)
Word origin
(sense 2) after William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), son of George II; Brit general