Seymour

//ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Blount County and Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
  5. 5
    A city, the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States.
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  1. 6
    A township north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. 7
    A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.

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