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

  1. countable, uncountable A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
  2. countable, uncountable A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
  4. countable, uncountable The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  6. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
  7. countable, uncountable A small town in Adams County, Indiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  9. countable, uncountable A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
  11. countable, uncountable A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
  12. countable, uncountable A town in Waldo County, Maine.
  13. countable, uncountable A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  14. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
  15. countable, uncountable A village in Platte County, Nebraska.
  16. countable, uncountable A rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  17. countable, uncountable 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.
  18. countable, uncountable 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.”
  19. countable, uncountable A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
  20. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
  21. countable, uncountable A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
  22. countable, uncountable A small city in Benton County, Oregon.
  23. countable, uncountable A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
  24. countable, uncountable A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
  25. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
  26. countable, uncountable A small city in Sevier County, Utah.
  27. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
  28. countable, uncountable A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
  29. countable, uncountable A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
  30. countable, uncountable A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
  31. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
  32. countable, uncountable 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

Every language

name surname

한국어몬로 Mollo
日本語モンロー Monrō
中文門羅 /门罗 Ménluó
РусскийМонро́ Monró
العربيةمُونْرُو monrū, مُونْرُو munrū

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@misc{monroe_2026,
  title = {Monroe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monroe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}