Meaning of Monroe | Babel Free

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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:
5. The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
6. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
7. A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
8. A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
9. A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
10. A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
11. An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
12. A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
13. A town in Waldo County, Maine.
14. A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
15. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
16. A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
17. A small town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
18. A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.
19. A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.
20. A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
21. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
22. A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
23. A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
24. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
25. A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
26. An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
27. A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
28. An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
29. A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
30. A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
31. A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
32. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
33. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.””

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