Cunningham

See also: cunningham

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Coineagan, a district of Ayrshire, either from Old English cyning (“king”) or Scottish Gaelic coineanach (“rabbit”) + Old English hām (“home, estate; hamlet, village”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌnɪŋəm/

Proper noun

Cunningham (countable and uncountable, plural Cunninghams)

1. A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
2. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
3. A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, southern Queensland, Australia.
4. A locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Georgia.
   2. A township in Champaign County, Illinois.
   3. A minor city in Kingman County, Kansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Carlisle County, Kentucky.
   5. An unincorporated community in Chariton County, Missouri.
   6. An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
   7. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.
   8. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
   9. An unincorporated community in Obion County, Tennessee.
   10. An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
   12. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Washington.
   13. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.

Descendants

• Translingual: Cunninghamia, Araucaria cunninghamii