Monroe.
A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
Meaning & usage
A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
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.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Waldo County, Maine.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
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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