Perkins

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Perkins (disambiguation)

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝkɪnz/

Proper noun

Perkins (countable and uncountable, plural Perkinses)

1. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic from Perkin, a medieval diminutive of Peter.
   • 2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 21 May 2020:

     Jo Rae Perkins was carrying about 50 percent of the vote in Oregon’s primary as of Wednesday afternoon, vanquishing three other Republican candidates to become the party’s nominee for the seat currently held by Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Jenkins County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Iowa.
   4. An inactive, uninhabited township in Sagadahoc County, Maine.
   5. An unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
   6. An unincorporated community in Houston County, Minnesota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.
   8. A township in Erie County, Ohio.
   9. A city in Payne County, Oklahoma.
   10. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• Barry-Perkins-Young syndrome
• Perkinism
• Perkins County
• Perkinsian

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Perkins

1. plural of Perkin

Anagrams

• pinkers

Cebuano

Etymology

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From English and Welsh Perkins.

Proper noun

Perkins

1. a surname from Welsh