Cumberland

Examples

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• The Cumberland River is known for its scenic beauty and is a popular destination for boating and kayaking.

• Out in the open, sitting on a bank of the Cumberland, Fergus didn't seem to fear anyone catching them together.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Come on, if we're going to get to Cumberland today, we must make a start.

  Long Live the King (2016)

• You should expect a large local population boom in Cumberland in about 9 months.

  Blog text (12)

• We got some hungry boys down in Cumberland Gap.

  Pharaoh's Army (1995)

• You'll come up to Cumberland with me.

  The Paradine Case (1947)

• A week later on the other river, the Cumberland, Fort Donaldson was shelled into submission by artillery.

• Ryman was a Tennessean, a Nashville native whose prosperous father ran a steamboat line on the Cumberland River.

  Academic text (2013)

• Moreover, the neighborhood around that house—located just south of downtown overlooking the Cumberland River—was swiftly falling into decay.

  Academic text (2013)

• Many people enjoy fishing along the banks of the Cumberland as it winds through southeastern Kentucky.

Synonyms

C

Cumberland River

vsCumberland

4.2

A river that starts in Kentucky, flows through Tennessee, and joins the Ohio River

is the same river but named with a shorter form

Compounds

C

Cumberland Gap

6.8

A mountain pass between Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee used by early settlers to travel west

C

Cumberland Mountains

4.8

A mountain range in the southwestern Appalachians that runs from southern West Virginia through eastern Kentucky to northeastern Tennessee

C

Cumberland Plateau

7.8

A high flat area in the southwestern Appalachian Mountains that stretches through Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia

C

Cumberland River

4.2

A river that starts in Kentucky, flows through Tennessee, and joins the Ohio River

Surface Forms

Etymology