Montgomery

See also: montgomery

English

Etymology

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[1] or the Galician placename Gomariz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məntˈɡʌməɹi/

Proper noun

Montgomery

  1. A surname.
  2. Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. The capital city of the state of Alabama in the USA, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
  5. A small city in Montgomery County, Texas, USA.
  6. A town in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Oxford University Press, 2001)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montgomery.

Proper noun

Montgomery f

  1. Montgomery (a city, the state capital of Alabama, United States)
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