Montgomery

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi//

A surname from Old French.

proper noun

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A surname from Old French.
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Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A number of places in the United States: The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
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.”
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
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A number of places in the United States: A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
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A number of places in the United States: A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
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A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
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A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
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datedFormer name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

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).

monte · A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and…Monte · A surname.Montecito · A census-designated place in Santa Barbara County,…

Montgomery · A surname from Old French.

month · A period into which a year is divided, historically based on…monthly · Occurring every month.months · A person's period; menstrual discharge.

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