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Melrose

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small town in South Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in Canada:; A community in Hastings County, Ontario. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in Canada:; A community in Middlesex County, Ontario. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in Canada:; A small community in Nova Scotia. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in Canada:; A settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in Canada:; A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Oakland, California. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in East Windsor, Connecticut. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Alachua County, Bradford County, Clay County and Putnam County, Florida. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A small community in Monroe County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable

    "Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health."

  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Stearns County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Curry County, New Mexico. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York City. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Paulding County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    honey of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotions uncountable

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

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