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Somerville

//ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl// name, slang

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  1. 1
    A Scottish surname.
  2. 2
    A township in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Morgan County, Alabama.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Gibson County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

    "There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August."

  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Fayette County, Tennessee.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Burleson County, Texas, named after railroad president Albert Somerville.
  6. 11
    A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
  7. 12
    Ellipsis of Somerville College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
  8. 13
    Ellipsis of Somerville College Boat Club. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Etymology

From Somer + -ville.

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