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Monticello

/ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

Monticello proper noun: the estate of Thomas Jefferson.

Proper noun

Monticello

  1. The estate of Thomas Jefferson.
  2. A commune in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
  3. A city, the county seat of Drew County, Arkansas.
  4. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida.
  5. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia.
  6. A city, the county seat of Piatt County, Illinois.
  7. A city, the county seat of White County, Indiana.
  8. A city in Jones County, Iowa.
  9. A home rule city, the county seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.
  10. A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  12. A city in Wright County, Minnesota.
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  1. A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi.
  2. A village, the county seat of Lewis County, Missouri.
  3. A village, the county seat of Sullivan County, New York.
    • Not the famous Monticello in Virginia, the Monticello in upstate New York with the boarded-up main street, the giant Walmart, the army/navy/marine recruitment offices, the stores that sold prosthetic limbs, the racetrack.2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 99
  4. An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina.
  5. An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio.
  6. An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
  7. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.
  8. A village in Green County, Wisconsin.
  9. A town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

Origin of Monticello

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

Questions about Monticello

What does Monticello mean?
Monticello means the estate of Thomas Jefferson.
What part of speech is Monticello?
Monticello is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Monticello?
Monticello is pronounced /ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/.

Words near Monticello in the dictionary

  1. monthsmen
  2. Montian
  3. Montible
  4. monticellite
  5. monticellites
  6. Monticello
  7. monticle
  8. monticles
  9. monticolous
  10. monticulate
  11. monticule

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