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Melville

Melville proper noun: a Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

Proper noun

Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)

  1. (countable) A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  3. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
  5. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
  6. A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
  7. A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
  8. A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana.
  10. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
  11. An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.
  12. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
  13. A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named after Admiral George W. Melville.
  14. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.

Forms of Melville

pluralMelvilles

Words formed from Melville

Questions about Melville

What does Melville mean?
Melville means a Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
What part of speech is Melville?
Melville is a proper noun.

Words near Melville in the dictionary

  1. Melverley
  2. Melvern
  3. Melverton
  4. Melvertons
  5. Melvill
  6. Melville
  7. Melville Forest
  8. Melvillean
  9. Melvilleans
  10. Melvilles
  11. Melvillian

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