Cummings

//ˈkʌmɪŋz// name

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

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e e cummingsedward estlin cummings

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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