Cuneo

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːniəʊ/

Cuneo (countable and uncountable, plural Cuneos)

2. A city and comune, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.
4. A province of Piedmont, in northwestern Italy.
5. A habitational surname from Italian.

• 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.

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

• on cue, ounce

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ne.o/

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

Cuneo f

1. Cuneo (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy)
2. Cuneo (a province of Piedmont, in northwestern Italy)

Cuneo m or f by sense (demonym cuneense or cuneese)

1. a habitational surname

• nocue, nuoce