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Montgomery

See also: montgomery

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Etymology edit

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[1] or the Galician placename Gomariz).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /məntˈɡʌməɹi/
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Proper noun edit

 
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Montgomery, West Virginia

Montgomery

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
    2. A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
    3. A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
    4. A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
    5. An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
    6. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
    7. A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
    8. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
    9. A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
    10. A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
    11. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
    12. A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
    13. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
    14. A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
    15. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
    16. A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
    17. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
    18. A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
    19. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
  5. A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A town in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire.
  7. (dated) Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

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References edit

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Oxford University Press, 2001)

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English Montgomery.

Proper noun edit

Montgomery f

  1. Montgomery (a city, the state capital of Alabama, United States)
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