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Cummings

/ˈkʌmɪŋz/

Cummings proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Cummings

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

Forms of Cummings

alternative formCumings
alternative formCummins

Origin of Cummings

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.

Questions about Cummings

What does Cummings mean?
Cummings means a surname.
What part of speech is Cummings?
Cummings is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cummings?
Cummings is pronounced /ˈkʌmɪŋz/.

Words near Cummings in the dictionary

  1. Cummertrees
  2. cummie
  3. cummies
  4. cummin
  5. cumming
  6. Cummings
  7. Cummingsesque
  8. Cummingston
  9. Cummington
  10. cummingtonite
  11. cummingtonites

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