Redmond

//ˈɹɛd.mənd// name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Mac Réamoinn (“son of Raymond”).
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Washington; named for early settler Luke McRedmond.
  4. 4
    A city in Oregon; named for early settler Frank T. Redmond.
  5. 5
    A town in Utah; apparently named for red mounds near the town.
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  1. 6
    A town in Western Australia; named for Irish nationalist leader John Redmond.
  2. 7
    Microsoft, a technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. colloquial, metonymically

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"Microsoft Corporation's headquarters in Redmond was like a university, when I was there. It was full of white and brown labyrinthine buildings amidst a forest."

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