Vernon
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
- 2 A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- 3 An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
- 4 A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
"Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him."
- 5 A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
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- 6 A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
- 7 A locale in the United States.; A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Alabama.
- 8 A locale in the United States.; A census-designated place in Arizona; named for American educator, minister and bishop William Tecumseh Vernon.
- 9 A locale in the United States.; A city in Los Angeles County, California.
- 10 A locale in the United States.; A census-designated place in Colorado; named for a local minister.
- 11 A locale in the United States.; A town in Connecticut; named for George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.
- 12 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Delaware.
- 13 A locale in the United States.; A city in Florida; named for Mount Vernon.
- 14 A locale in the United States.; A village in Illinois; named for railroad official William Vernon.
- 15 A locale in the United States.; A town, the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, also located in Vernon Township.
- 16 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- 17 A locale in the United States.; A village in Michigan; named for its township, itself for Mount Vernon.
- 18 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
- 19 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
- 20 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Winston County, Mississippi.
- 21 A locale in the United States.; A town and village in New York.
- 22 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for William Tecumseh Vernon.
- 23 A locale in the United States.; A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
- 24 A locale in the United States.; A city, the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas; named for Mount Vernon.
- 25 A locale in the United States.; A town in Utah; named for early settler Joseph Vernon.
- 26 A locale in the United States.; A town in Vermont; named for Mount Vernon.
- 27 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- 28 A locale in the United States.; A town in Wisconsin.
- 29 A locale in the United States.; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Vernon Township.
Example
More examples"Built in 1930, this neoclassical Georgian home in Dallas, Texas, is a near-replica of George Washington's Mount Vernon home in Virginia."
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).
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