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Vernon

  • /ˈvɝnən/ US
  • /ˈvɜːnən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nən

Where it comes from

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

proper noun

  1. A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
  2. A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  3. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage. Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing t
  5. A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
  6. A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
  7. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Alabama.
  8. A census-designated place in Arizona; named for American educator, minister and bishop William Tecumseh Vernon.
  9. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  10. A census-designated place in Colorado; named for a local minister.
  11. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut; named for George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.
  12. An unincorporated community in Delaware.
  13. A city in Florida; named for Mount Vernon.
  14. A village in Marion County, Illinois; named for railroad official William Vernon.
  15. A town, the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, also located in Vernon Township.
  16. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
  17. A village in Michigan; named for its township, itself for Mount Vernon.
  18. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
  19. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
  20. An unincorporated community in Winston County, Mississippi.
  21. A township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
  22. A town and village in Oneida County, New York.
  23. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for William Tecumseh Vernon.
  24. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
  25. A city, the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas; named for Mount Vernon.
  26. A town in Utah; named for early settler Joseph Vernon.
  27. A town in Windham County, Vermont; named for Mount Vernon.
  28. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  29. A town in Wisconsin.
  30. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Vernon Township.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: selkirk, admiral, allport, spring, youthful, fresh, blooming, blossoming, budding, green, burgeoning, nascent, embryonic, new, rejuvenated, sprouting

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name town in Normandy

한국어버넌 beoneon
日本語ヴェルノン verunon
FrançaisVernon

name village in New York

한국어버넌 beoneon
日本語バーノン bānon

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MLA

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{vernon_2026,
  title = {Vernon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vernon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}