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CUMBERLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
Synonyms:
Cumberland; Cumberland River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Cumberland" is a part of...):
Bluegrass State; Ken.; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)
Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
Synonyms:
Butcher Cumberland; Cumberland; Duke of Cumberland; William Augustus
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
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