0 an area of northwestern England that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1974:
She began the long journey down from Cumberland to Southampton.
He decided to establish himself near Keswick in Cumberland.
The nuclear reactor at Windscale in Cumberland began to overheat.
They went for long, pleasant walks in Cumberland.
Cumberland combined with Westmorland in the 1970s to create the modern county of Cumbria.
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