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Vinony

Monroe

proper noun

  1. place name
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mənˈɹoʊ/

name

Etymology: From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

  1. A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
  2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
  4. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
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    “With the secession of some of Monroe’s land to become a new town that encompassed Kiryas Joel, the village absorbed residents who had been living on former Monroe land.”

  18. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:

    “I was born and raised in Monroe, the seat of Union County, North Carolina. That makes me, as an indulgent friend once put it, a “country boy.””

  19. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
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  32. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.