What does "montgomery" mean?
A surname from Old French.
Montgomery
/məntˈɡʌməɹi/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A surname from Old French.
- Grammar: montgomery is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: family name, first name, forename, last name.
- Useful contrasts: given name, surname.
- Usage evidence: Rosa Parks was arrested, and the black community of Montgomery was shocked and angry.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old French.
- 2 Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
- 3 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
"So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”"
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
- 23 A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- 24 A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
- 25 A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
- 26 Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. dated
Synonyms
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Example
"Rosa Parks was arrested, and the black community of Montgomery was shocked and angry."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "montgomery"?
Common synonyms include: family name, first name, forename, last name, place name, toponym.
How do you use "montgomery" in a sentence?
Rosa Parks was arrested, and the black community of Montgomery was shocked and angry.
How do you pronounce "montgomery"?
Pronounced /məntˈɡʌməɹi/.
Etymology
From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).