Cummings

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈkʌmɪŋz//

A surname.

proper noun

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A surname.
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A place name: A community in the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Traill County, North Dakota, United States, originally spelt Cumings after Henry Cumings.
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A place name: A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.

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Cummings · A surname.

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