Montgomery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məntˈɡʌməɹi/
Forms: form: Montgomerie
Etymology: From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
examples: text: So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
ref: 2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN:
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The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
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A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
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A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
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A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
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An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
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A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
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A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
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A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
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A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
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An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
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A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
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A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
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A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
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A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
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A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
glosses: A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
glosses: Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.
Derived terms: Montgomery City
Montgomery County
Montgomery gland
Montgomery pie
Montgomeryshire
Related terms: Monty