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Somerville

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl

Definitions

  1. A Scottish surname.
  2. A township in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A town in Morgan County, Alabama.
  5. A small town in Gibson County, Indiana.
  6. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
  7. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  8. A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey.
  9. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio.
  10. A town, the county seat of Fayette County, Tennessee.
  11. A small city in Burleson County, Texas, named after railroad president Albert Somerville.
  12. A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
  13. Ellipsis of Somerville College, Oxford.
  14. Ellipsis of Somerville College Boat Club.

Equivalents

العربيةسوميرفيل

Examples

“There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take⟳ place⟳ in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August.”
“While at school, he worked in […] the disgusting slush of Boston’s outer suburbs. He got accustomed to driving all day to a job site, working, and then driving the winding roads and blind curves to Somerville, only to wake⟳ up and do it again the next morning.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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