Madison

See also: madison

English

Etymology

From Middle English Madde (“Maud”) + -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmædɪsən/

Proper noun

Madison (countable and uncountable, plural Madisons)

1. An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States.
   • 2011 October 28, Alonzo L. Hamby, “Would Jefferson Make the Cut?”, in The New York Times:

     Clearly quite a number of past chief executives would have been TV washouts. Jefferson, for example, is acknowledged to have been a terrible public speaker, Madison an unimpressive little man in voice and appearance.

2. A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
   1. The capital city of Wisconsin, United States, and the county seat of Dane County.
   2. A city in Alabama.
   3. A city in Arkansas.
   4. A census-designated place in Yolo County, California; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
   5. A town in Connecticut.
   6. A city, the county seat of Madison County, Florida.
   7. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Georgia.
   8. A city in Illinois.
   9. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana.
   10. A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
   11. A town in Maine.
   12. A city, the county seat of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
   13. A city in Mississippi.
   14. A city in Missouri.
   15. A city, the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska; named for its county, itself for James Madison.
   16. A town in New Hampshire.
   17. A borough in Morris County, New Jersey.
   18. A town in New York and a village within that town.
   19. A town in North Carolina.
   20. A village in Ohio; named for either James Madison or Madison, Connecticut.
   21. A borough in Pennsylvania.
   22. A city, the county seat of Lake County, South Dakota; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
   23. A town, the county seat of Madison County, Virginia; named for the landowning Madison family, of which James Madison is a descendant.
   24. A city, the county seat of Boone County, West Virginia.
   25. A town in Wisconsin, adjacent to the city of Madison (listed above).
   26. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Madison Township.
3. A river in Wyoming and Montana, United States; named for James Madison.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Maddison
• (female given name): Maddison, Madisyn, Madyson

Derived terms

• Fort Madison
• Madison County
• Madison Parish
• Madisonville

Translations

surname, given name, place name

• Arabic: مَادِيسُون (mādīsūn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麥迪遜／麦迪逊 (zh) (Màidíxùn)

• Greek: Μάντισον (el) (Mántison)
• Hebrew: מדיסון
• Hindi: मैडिसन (maiḍisan)
• Japanese: マディソン (Madison)
• Korean: 매디슨 (Maediseun)
• Marathi: मॅडिसन (mĕḍisan)
• Russian: Мэдисон (ru) (Mɛdison)
• Tamil: மேடிசன் (mēṭicaṉ)
• Telugu: మాడిసన్ (māḍisan)
• Thai: แมดิสัน
• Ukrainian: Медісон (Medison)

Noun

Madison (plural Madisons)

1. A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits.
2. Alternative spelling of madison

Anagrams

• daimons, domains, dominas

Japanese

Romanization

Madison

1. Rōmaji transcription of マディソン