Montgomery

//məntˈɡʌməɹi// name

name ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
  2. 2
    Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 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. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
  18. 23
    A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  19. 24
    A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
  20. 25
    A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  21. 26
    Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. dated

Synonyms

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1st viscount montgomery of alameincapital of alabamalucy maud montgomery

Example

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"Rosa Parks was arrested, and the black community of Montgomery was shocked and angry."

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).

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