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Monroe.

A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/mənˈɹoʊ/US
  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: The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.

  5. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

  6. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.

  7. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Indiana.

  8. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

  9. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.

  10. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.

  11. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

  12. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Waldo County, Maine.

  13. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

  14. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.

  15. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A village in Platte County, Nebraska.

  16. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

  17. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.

  18. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.

  19. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.

  20. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.

  21. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.

  22. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Benton County, Oregon.

  23. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

  24. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.

  25. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.

  26. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Sevier County, Utah.

  27. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.

  28. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Snohomish County, Washington.

  29. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.

  30. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.

  31. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.

  32. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Where this word comes from

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

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