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Cumberland Gap

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Cum·ber·land Gap  (kmbr-lnd)
A natural passage through the Cumberland Plateau near the junction of the Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee borders. It was used by Daniel Boone in 1775 as a strategic point along his Wilderness Road, the principal route of westward migration for the next half century.
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Noun1.Cumberland GapCumberland Gap - a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians


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