/ Dictionary / Index C Cumberland: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Cum•ber•land Pronunciation: (kum'bur-lund), [key] — n. a former county in NW England, now part of Cumbria. a town in N Rhode Island. 27,069. a city in NW Maryland, on the Potomac River. 25,933. a river flowing W from SE Kentucky through N Tennessee into the Ohio River. 687 mi. (1106 km) long. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: cumberland (Thesaurus) cumber Cumberland Gap Related Content Daily Word Quiz: quandary Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language