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Montgomery

/məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/

Montgomery proper noun: a surname from Old French.

montgomery: a surname from Old French
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Proper noun

Montgomery

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
    • So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015
  5. A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
  6. A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
  7. A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
  9. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
  10. A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
  12. A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
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  1. A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
  2. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
  3. A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
  4. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  5. A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
  7. A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
  8. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
  9. A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
  11. A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  12. A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
  13. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  14. (dated) Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Forms of Montgomery

alternative formMontgomerie

Origin of Montgomery

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

Words formed from Montgomery

Phrases with Montgomery

Questions about Montgomery

What does Montgomery mean?
Montgomery means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Montgomery?
Montgomery is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Montgomery?
Montgomery is pronounced /məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/.

Words near Montgomery in the dictionary

  1. Montgolfier balloon
  2. Montgolfier balloons
  3. Montgolfiers
  4. Montgomerie
  5. Montgomeries
  6. Montgomery
  7. Montgomery City
  8. Montgomery County
  9. Montgomery Creek
  10. Montgomery gland
  11. Montgomery glands

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