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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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

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