Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

montgomery

/məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: mont-gomery
IPA: /məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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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:

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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Example Sentences

"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.”"

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).

Usage

Dated

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Montgomerie (alternative)

Derived Forms

montgomeryite Montgomeryshire

Phrases

Montgomery City Montgomery County Montgomery gland Montgomery pie

Frequently Paired Words

Monty

Questions

How do you pronounce montgomery?: The recorded pronunciation is /məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/.
What does montgomery mean?: A surname from Old French.
Where does montgomery come from?: 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).

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