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Somerville.

A Scottish surname.

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name/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/
  1. A Scottish surname.

  2. A township in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.

  3. A number of places in the United States: A town in Morgan County, Alabama.

  4. A number of places in the United States: A small town in Gibson County, Indiana.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A town in Lincoln County, Maine.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Fayette County, Tennessee.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A small city in Burleson County, Texas, named after railroad president Albert Somerville.

  11. A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.

  12. Ellipsis of Somerville College, Oxford.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · informal
  13. Ellipsis of Somerville College Boat Club.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · informal
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Somer + -ville.

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