Monroe
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Monroe
- /mənˈɹoʊ/ US
- /mɒnˈɹoʊ/ US
- /mʌnˈɹoʊ/ US, uncommon
- /mɒnˈɹəʊ/ UK
- /mʌnˈɹəʊ/ UK
- /mənˈɹəʊ/ UK, uncommon
- /mʌnˈɹəʊ/ Australia
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".
proper noun Monroes
- A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
- The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
- A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
- A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
- A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
- A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Waldo County, Maine.
- A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
- A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
- A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York. 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.
- A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina. 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.”
- A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
- A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
- A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
- A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
- A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
- A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
- A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
- A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: james monroe, munroe, pinckney, pinkney, fortress, woodbury, doktrin, statesman, virginian, patriot, politician, james, president, lawmaker, policymaker, expansionist
Translations
Talk about this word "Monroe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monroe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Monroe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monroe "Monroe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monroe.Cite this
@misc{monroe_2026,
title = {Monroe},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monroe},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}