Armstrong
UK/ˈɑːmˌstɹɒŋ/US/ˈɑɹmˌstɹɔŋ/
Armstrong proper noun: an English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms. Also the ellipsis of Armstrong gun.
Proper noun
Armstrong
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
- With events cascading so quickly that last year often feels like another era, Armstrong wanted to create what he called, when I spoke to him last week, “a feeling of nowness.”2025 May 26, Michelle Goldberg, quoting Jesse Armstrong, “From the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 May...
- A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
- A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
- A city in the Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
- A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
- A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.
- Synonym of Termo, California.
- Synonyms:
- Termo, California
- An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida.
- An extinct town in Wilkes County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
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- A minor city in Emmet County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
- A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
- A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Kenedy County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Also used as
Armstrong is also the ellipsis of Armstrong gun.
Synonyms of Armstrong
Forms of Armstrong
| plural | Armstrongs |
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Origin of Armstrong
By surface analysis, arm + strong. The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).
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Phrases with Armstrong
Questions about Armstrong
- What does Armstrong mean?
- Armstrong means an English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
- What part of speech is Armstrong?
- Armstrong is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Armstrong?
- Armstrong is pronounced /ˈɑːmˌstɹɒŋ/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Armstrong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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