English Explanatory Dictionary

Monroe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
  2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
  4. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
  5. The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
  6. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  7. A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
  8. A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
  9. A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  10. A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
  11. An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
  12. A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Pronunciation

/mənˈɹoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Monroe.wav

Word forms

Monroe

Etymology

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

Related words

Munro

Derived words

Marilyn Monroe Monroe County Monroe Doctrine Monroeism Monroeist Monroeistic Monroemania Monroe piercing Monroesque Monroeville Monrovia North Monroeville
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