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munro

munro is the alternative form of Munro.

Proper noun capitalized: Munro

Munro (plural Munroes or Munros)

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe
  2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Noun capitalized: Munro

Munro (plural Munros)

  1. (UK) Any Scottish mountain having a height of more than 3,000 feet.

Forms of munro

Noun
pluralmunros
pluralMunros
Proper noun
pluralMunroes
pluralMunros

Origin of munro

From Scottish Gaelic * (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

Words formed from munro

Phrases with munro

Questions about munro

What does munro mean?
Munro means a Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe.
What is munro the alternative form of?
Munro is the alternative form of Munro.
What part of speech is munro?
Munro can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near munro in the dictionary

  1. munnopsoid
  2. munnopsoids
  3. Munns
  4. munny
  5. Munoz
  6. munro
  7. Munro bagger
  8. Munro baggers
  9. Munroe
  10. Munroe effect
  11. Munroe effects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: munro (page history and authors); Munro (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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