Monroeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /mənˈɹoʊ/
• 韻: -əʊ

固有名詞

Monroe

1. A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
4. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
   1. The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
   2. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   3. A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
   4. A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
   5. A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   6. A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
   7. An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
   8. A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
   9. A town in Waldo County, Maine.
   10. A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
   11. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan
   12. A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
   13. A small town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   14. A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.
   15. A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.
       • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Introduction”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xv:

         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.”

   16. A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
   17. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
   18. A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
   19. A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
   20. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
   21. A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
   22. An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
   23. A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
   24. An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
   25. A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
   26. A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
   27. A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
   28. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

派生語

参考

• Munro

アナグラム

• Moreno, mooner, morone, no more