Cumberland
Gap through Appalachians
Cumberland is a geographic name appearing across the English-speaking world, most prominently as a historic county in northwest England and as a river flowing through Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Cumberland Gap, a natural passage through the Appalachian Mountains, was a crucial route for westward migration in early American history.
Cumberland appears in place names, institutions, and commercial products: Cumberland sausage, the Duke of Cumberland, Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Northern English border city
- Lake DistrictNorthwest England's national park
- NorthumbriaEarly medieval English kingdom
- Hadrian's WallRoman frontier in Britain
Mid-Atlantic U.S. state
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
- KentuckyBluegrass State
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
Appalachians · Blue Ridge · Alleghenies · Daniel Boone · westward expansion · frontier · settlers
Conquered ancient British Isles
- Hadrian's WallRoman frontier in Britain
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- Norman ConquestFrench duke's English takeover
monastery · antiquity · heritage · archaeology · Industrial Revolution · iron ore · coal mining · historic county
Cuts or knocks down
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
- tarnsGlacial alpine lakes
- valleysLow areas between hills
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
pastoral · rolling hills · rivers · streams · scenic · picturesque · rugged · terrain
From northwest England's lakes
- coiledArranged in spirals
- spiralCurve winding around center
- porkPig as food
- herbedFlavored with aromatic plants
black pepper · traditional · butcher · unlinked · continuous · breakfast · banger · regional specialty
Carlisle
Northern English border city
- Lake DistrictNorthwest England's national park
- NorthumbriaEarly medieval English kingdom
- Hadrian's WallRoman frontier in Britain
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic U.S. state
Georgia · Appalachians · Blue Ridge · Alleghenies · Daniel Boone · westward expansion · frontier · settlers
Roman Britain
Conquered ancient British Isles
- Hadrian's WallRoman frontier in Britain
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Norman Conquest · monastery · antiquity · heritage · archaeology · Industrial Revolution · iron ore · coal mining · historic county · Mary Queen of Scots
fells
Cuts or knocks down
moorland · pastoral · rolling hills · rivers · streams · scenic · picturesque · rugged · terrain · watershed
Cumbrian
From northwest England's lakes
herbed · black pepper · traditional · butcher · unlinked · continuous · breakfast · banger · regional specialty
- Western MarylandFrederick, Hagerstown, Oakland, Brunswick, Middletown
- riversMississippi, Amazon, river, rivers, Nile
- sausagessausage, bratwurst, kielbasa, chorizo, andouille
- 18th Century WritersVoltaire, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Goldsmith
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, hollows
- BC CoastVancouver Island, Victoria, Nanaimo, Duncan, Sidney
- Cumberland ValleyPennsylvania region between ridges
- Cumberland GapMountain notch between states