Cuneo

See also: cuneo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːniəʊ/

Proper noun

Cuneo (countable and uncountable, plural Cuneos)

1. A province of Piedmont, northwestern Italy.
2. A city, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont.
3. A habitational surname from Italian.

Translations

province in Piedmont, Italy

• Finnish: Cuneo
• French: Coni (fr) m
• Italian: Cuneo (it) f
• Occitan: Coni m
• Piedmontese: Coni m

city in Piedmont, Italy

• Arabic: كُونِيُو m (kūniyū)
• Armenian: Կունեո (Kuneo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫內奧／库内奥 (Kùnèi'ào)

• Corsican: Cuneu f
• Faroese: Kuneo n
• Finnish: Cuneo
• French: Coni (fr) m
• Georgian: კუნეო (ḳuneo)
• Greek: Κούνεο (el) n (Koúneo)
• Hebrew: קוּנֵאוֹ m (Kúneo)
• Italian: Cuneo (it) f
• Japanese: クーネオ (Kūneo), クネオ (Kuneo)
• Korean: 쿠네오 (Kune'o)
• Latin: Cuneum n
• Latvian: Kuneo m
• Lithuanian: Kuneo m
• Occitan: Coni m
• Persian: کونیو (kuniyo)
• Piedmontese: Coni m
• Russian: Ку́нео n (Kúneo)
• Sanskrit: कूनेयो n (kūneyo)
• Sicilian: Cuneu f
• Spanish: Cúneo f
• Thai: กูนีโอ (guu-nii-oo)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuneo is the 13517^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2244 individuals. Cuneo is most common among White (87.7%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cuneo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 394.

Anagrams

• on cue, ounce

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) (whence cuneo and conio), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Cognate to Piedmontese Coni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.o/

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• Rhymes: -uneo
• Hyphenation: Cù‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Cuneo f

1. Cuneo (a province of Piedmont, Italy)
2. Cuneo (a city in Piedmont, Italy)

Proper noun

Cuneo m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• CN (abbreviation)
• cuneense
• cuneese

 

Anagrams

• nocue, nuoce