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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