Monroe

proper noun

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   A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"

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   A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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   A townland in County Meath, Ireland.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Indiana.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

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   Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town in Waldo County, Maine.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A village in Platte County, Nebraska.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.

    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.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.

    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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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Benton County, Oregon.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small city in Sevier County, Utah.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A city in Snohomish County, Washington.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.

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    Any of a number of places in the United States, including: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.

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    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.