monroe
/mənˈɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
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Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
name
Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
name
Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
name
Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
name
Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.”"
Etymology
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mənˈɹoʊ/