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Munro¹

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From Scottish Gaelic

* (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

proper noun Munroes · Munros

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe
  2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

noun Munros

  1. UK Any Scottish mountain having a height of more than 3,000 feet.

munro²

noun munros

  1. alternative Alternative form of Munro

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lafleur, munroe, blackburn, height, mountain, peak, summit, hill, mount, highland, upland, massif, ridge, tor, crag, ben

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

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

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

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@misc{munro_2026,
  title = {munro},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/munro},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}