Monticello

//ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The estate of Thomas Jefferson.
  2. 2
    A commune in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
  3. 3
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Drew County, Arkansas.
  4. 4
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida.
  5. 5
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Piatt County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of White County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city in Jones County, Iowa.
  4. 9
    The name of many places in the United States:; A home rule city, the county seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.
  5. 10
    The name of many places in the United States:; A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  6. 11
    The name of many places in the United States:; A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  7. 12
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city in Wright County, Minnesota.
  8. 13
    The name of many places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi.
  9. 14
    The name of many places in the United States:; A village, the county seat of Lewis County, Missouri.
  10. 15
    The name of many places in the United States:; A village, the county seat of Sullivan County, New York.

    "Not the famous Monticello in Virginia, the Monticello in upstate New York with the boarded-up main street, the giant Walmart, the army/navy/marine recruitment offices, the stores that sold prosthetic limbs, the racetrack."

  11. 16
    The name of many places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina.
  12. 17
    The name of many places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    The name of many places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
  14. 19
    The name of many places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.
  15. 20
    The name of many places in the United States:; A village in Green County, Wisconsin.
  16. 21
    The name of many places in the United States:; A town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

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"This neoclassic style also extended to private homes, notably Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and George Washington's Mount Vernon."

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

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