Montclair
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- 2 A city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
"Since that ban took effect last October, “Montclair has been a healthier, cleaner, quieter community,” she said."
- 3 A neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States.
"That was where he grew up […] near a place that called itself Montclair, tucked into the hills on the other side of Highway 13, where everyone pretended it was a faraway luxury mountain town, when it wasn’t even not Oakland, just an area, hardly more than a neighborhood with a fancy sign, not like Piedmont, which had paid for the right to declare itself its own city, to become officially not-Oakland."
Example
More examples"Since that ban took effect last October, “Montclair has been a healthier, cleaner, quieter community,” she said."
Etymology
From French mont (“mountain”) + clair (“clear”).
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