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Somerville
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from en Somer -ville.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/
Proper noun
en Scottish.
en township s/Victoria c/Australia, south-east of en Melbourne.
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Morgan County s/Alabama.
en small town co/Gibson County s/Indiana.
en town co/Lincoln County s/Maine.
en city co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Somerville, Massachusetts
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/yimby-groups-pro-development/532437/ 2017-07-05 Alana Semuels From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard' There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817040511/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/yimby-groups-pro-development/532437/
en 2023 Brandon Taylor The Late Americans Jonathan Cape 98 While at school, he worked in the disgusting slush of Boston’s outer suburbs. He got accustomed to driving all day to a job site, working, and then driving the winding roads and blind curves to Somerville, only to wake up and do it again the next morning.
en borough/county seat co/Somerset County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Somerville, New Jersey
en ucomm co/Butler County s/Ohio.
en town/county seat co/Fayette County s/Tennessee.
en small city co/Burleson County s/Texas, named after railroad president Albert Somerville.
A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
en Oxon informal en w:Somerville College, Oxford.
en Oxon informal en w:Somerville College Boat Club.
Derived terms
en Somervillian Aston Somerville johnsomervilleite West Somerville
References
en terms suffixed with -ville