Cook

An English surname originating as an occupation for a cook or seller of cooked food. Famously held by James Cook, English captain and explorer of the Pacific Ocean, and for whom the Cook Islands, Cook Strait and Mount Cook were named.

Proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a cook or seller of cooked food. Famously held by James Cook, English captain and explorer of the Pacific Ocean, and for whom the Cook Islands, Cook Strait and Mount Cook were named.
  2. A placename:

    1. A locale in the United States:

      A township in Sac County, Iowa.

    2. A locale in the United States:

      A township in Decatur County, Kansas.

    3. A locale in the United States:

      A minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota; named for railroad official Wirth Cook.

    4. A locale in the United States:

      A village in Johnson County, Nebraska; named for landowner Andrew Cook.

    5. A locale in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio; named for landowner Matthew S. Cook.

    6. A locale in the United States:

      A township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

    7. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for James Cook.

    8. A local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia; in full, the Shire of Cook.

    9. A ghost town in South Australia, Australia; named for Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia.

    10. A river in Westland district, West Coast, New Zealand.

      Synonyms: Weheka

  3. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

From cook. Doublet of Koch and Kok.

Forms

Cooks Cooke Coke

Related

Cox

Derived

Cook County Cook Inlet Cook Islands Cook-Levin theorem Cook Peninsula Cook reduction Cooks Gap Cook's Green Cooks Hill Cooks Myalls Cook's theorem Cook's tour Cook Strait Point Cook Weiss-Cook reaction