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Montgomery

/məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/

Where it comes 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).

proper noun Montgomerie

A surname from Old French.
Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County. 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.”
A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
dated Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: selma, truck, monty, mgm, montgomeryshire, montgomerie, gomery, montroy, monnett, mont, montfort, montacute, monter, montie, montejo, monfand

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name the capital city of Alabama

한국어	몽고메리 monggomeri
中文	蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 Ménggēmǎlì
Português	Montgomery

name town in Powys, Wales

中文	蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 Ménggēmǎlì

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MLA

"Montgomery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/montgomery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Montgomery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/montgomery

Chicago

"Montgomery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/montgomery.

BibTeX

@misc{montgomery_2026,
  title = {Montgomery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/montgomery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}