CUMBERLAND GAP
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cumberland Gap mean? • CUMBERLAND GAP (noun)
The noun CUMBERLAND GAP has 1 sense:
1. a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Familiarity information: CUMBERLAND GAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CUMBERLAND GAP (noun)
Meaning:
A pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)
Holonyms ("Cumberland Gap" is a part of...):
Cumberland Mountains; Cumberland Plateau (the southwestern part of the Appalachians)
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