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Melville.

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

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  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

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  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  3. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

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  4. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.

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  5. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.

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  6. A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.

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  7. A number of places in the United States: A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

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  8. A number of places in the United States: A township in Renville County, Minnesota.

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  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana.

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  10. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.

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  11. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.

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  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.

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  13. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named after Admiral George W. Melville.

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  14. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.

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