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Vernon.

A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.

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name/ˈvɝnən/General-American/ˈvɜːnən/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.

  2. A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

  3. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.

  4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.

  5. A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.

  6. A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.

  7. A locale in the United States: A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Alabama.

  8. A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Arizona; named for American educator, minister and bishop William Tecumseh Vernon.

  9. A locale in the United States: A city in Los Angeles County, California.

  10. A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Colorado; named for a local minister.

  11. A locale in the United States: A town in Tolland County, Connecticut; named for George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.

  12. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Delaware.

  13. A locale in the United States: A city in Florida; named for Mount Vernon.

  14. A locale in the United States: A village in Marion County, Illinois; named for railroad official William Vernon.

  15. A locale in the United States: A town, the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, also located in Vernon Township.

  16. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kansas.

  17. A locale in the United States: A village in Michigan; named for its township, itself for Mount Vernon.

  18. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.

  19. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.

  20. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Winston County, Mississippi.

  21. A locale in the United States: A township in Sussex County, New Jersey.

  22. A locale in the United States: A town and village in Oneida County, New York.

  23. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for William Tecumseh Vernon.

  24. A locale in the United States: A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.

  25. A locale in the United States: A city, the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas; named for Mount Vernon.

  26. A locale in the United States: A town in Utah; named for early settler Joseph Vernon.

  27. A locale in the United States: A town in Windham County, Vermont; named for Mount Vernon.

  28. A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

  29. A locale in the United States: A town in Wisconsin.

  30. A locale in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Vernon Township.

Where this word comes from

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

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