# Cumberland

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkʊm.bə.lənd/ · frequency rank #15,998

## Definitions
1. A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
2. 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.
3. A city, the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
4. A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
5. A census-designated place, the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States.
6. A river in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States, a tributary to the Ohio River.
7. A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
8. A local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cumberland City Council.
9. A surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English Cumberland, from Old English Cumberland.

## Common misspellings (16)
`ccumberland`, `cmuberland`, `cubmerland`, `cumbberland`, `cumbelrand`, `cumberalnd`, `cumberladn`, `cumberlandd`, `cumberlannd`, `cumberlland`, `cumberlnad`, `cumberrland`, `cumbreland`, `cumebrland`, `cummberland`, `ucmberland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cumberland