Melville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  3. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
  5. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
  6. A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
  9. A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
  10. An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana.
  11. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
  12. An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.

Word forms

Melville Melvilles

Related words

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American novelist essayist and poet

Derived words

Melvillean Melvillian Melville Forest Melville Island Melville Peninsula Mount Melville
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