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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|ang|mann||g=m|human being, person, man}} + [[Roe]], a river in [[Northern Ireland]], meaning "man from the River Roe".


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/mənˈɹoʊ/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/mənˈɹoʊ/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Monroe.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Proper noun===
===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}
{{en-proper noun}}


# {{surname|lang=en|[[Scottish]] [[topographic]]|from=Scottish Gaelic|dot=}} from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
# {{surname|en|[[Scottish]] [[topographic]]|from=Scottish Gaelic}} from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
# {{place|en|settlement|p/Newfoundland and Labrador|c/Canada}}.
# {{place|en|townland|co/Meath|c/Ireland}}.
# Any of a number of places in the [[United States]], including:
# Any of a number of places in the [[United States]], including:
## {{place|en|The former name of an <<unincorporated community>> in <<co/Mendocino County>>, <<s/California>>}}, now {{w|Hales Grove}}.
## a city in [[Georgia]], and the [[county seat]] of {{l|en|Walton County}}.
## {{place|en|town|co/Fairfield County|s/Connecticut}}.
## a city in [[Louisiana]], and the [[parish seat]] of {{l|en|Ouachita Parish}}.
## {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Walton County|s/Georgia}}.
## a city in [[Michigan]], and the [[county seat]] of {{l|en|Monroe County}}
## {{place|en|small town|co/Adams County|s/Indiana}}.
## a city in [[North Carolina]], and the county seat of {{l|en|Union County}}.
## {{place|en|small unincorporated community|co/Tippecanoe County|s/Indiana}}.
## a city in [[Pennsylvania]], and a borough of {{l|en|Bradford County}}.
## {{place|en|small city|co/Jasper County|s/Iowa}}.
## a city in [[Wisconsin]], and the county seat of {{l|en|Green County}}
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Hart County|s/Kentucky}}.
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# {{given name|lang=en|male|from=surnames}}
## {{place|en|sizable city/parish seat|par/Ouachita Parish|s/Louisiana}}.
# {{given name|lang=en|female|from=surnames}}
## {{place|en|town|co/Waldo County|s/Maine}}.
## {{place|en|small town|co/Franklin County|s/Massachusetts}}.
## {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Monroe County|s/Michigan}}
## {{place|en|village|co/Platte County|s/Nebraska}}.
## {{place|en|small town|co/Grafton County|s/New Hampshire}}.
## {{place|en|sizable town/and/village|co/Orange County|s/New York}}.
## {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Union County|s/North Carolina}}.
##* {{quote-book|en
|year=2005
|author=w:Jesse Helms
|chapter=Introduction
|title=Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir
|url=https://archive.org/details/hereswhereistand0000helm/
|location=[[New York]]
|publisher=w:Random House
|ISBN=0-375-50884-8
|LCCN=2005042795
|OCLC=835465798
|page=xv
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/hereswhereistand0000helm/page/n18/
|text=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.”}}
## {{place|en|city|co/Warren County|and|co/Butler County|s/Ohio}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Jackson County|s/Ohio}}.
## {{place|en|small unincorporated community|co/Le Flore County|s/Oklahoma}}.
## {{place|en|small city|co/Benton County|s/Oregon}}.
## {{place|en|borough|co/Bradford County|s/Pennsylvania}}.
## {{place|en|small town|co/Turner County|s/South Dakota}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Overton County|s/Tennessee}}.
## {{place|en|small city|co/Sevier County|s/Utah}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Amherst County|s/Virginia}}.
## {{place|en|city|co/Snohomish County|s/Washington}}.
## {{place|en|small town|co/Adams County|s/Wisconsin}}.
## {{place|en|town/and/city/county seat|co/Green County|s/Wisconsin}}.
## {{place|en|A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under {{w|Monroe Township}}}}.
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# {{given name|en|unisex|from=surnames}}.


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der2|en
{{der3|en
|Marilyn Monroe
|Marilyn Monroe
|Monroe County
|Monroe County
|Monroe Doctrine
|Monroeville
|Monroeville
|Monroeism
|Monroeism
|Monroeist}}
|Monroeist
|Monroeistic
|Monroemania
|Monroe piercing
|Monroesque
|Monrovia
|North Monroeville}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُونْرُو|tr=monrū}}, {{t|ar|مُونْرُو|tr=munrū}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُونْرُو|tr=monrū}}, {{t|ar|مُونْرُو|tr=munrū}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|夢露|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|梦露|tr=Mènglù|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|门罗|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|門羅}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|モンロー|tr=Monrō|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|モンロー|tr=Monrō|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|몬로|tr=Mollo|sc=Kore}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|^몬로}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ມອນໂຣ}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Монро́}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Монро́}}
* Thai: {{t|th|มอนโร}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


===See also===
{{topics|en|Georgia, USA|Cities in Louisiana, USA|Cities in Michigan, USA|North Carolina, USA}}
* {{l|en|Munro}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=emnoor|mooner|morone|no more}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=emnoor|Moreno|mooner|morone|no more}}

[[Category:English unisex given names]]
[[Category:en:Cities in the United States of America]]
[[Category:en:Iowa, USA]]
[[Category:en:Ohio, USA]]
[[Category:en:Oklahoma, USA]]
[[Category:en:Tennessee, USA]]
[[Category:en:Utah, USA]]
[[Category:en:Wisconsin, USA]]

Latest revision as of 21:07, 2 June 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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.
    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.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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