Monroe

English Etymology From en ang mann m human being, person, man + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe". Pronunciation en /mənˈɹoʊ/ /mɒnˈɹoʊ/ slightly less common /mʌnˈɹoʊ/ less common US en /mɒnˈɹəʊ/ /mʌnˈɹəʊ/ traditional, slightly less common /mənˈɹəʊ/ less common UK en /mʌnˈɹəʊ/ Australia en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Monroe.wav Southern England /mɒnˈɹəʊ/ en əʊ 2 Proper noun ~ en Scottish topographic Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill" en settlement p/Newfoundland and Labrador c/Canada. en townland co/Meath c/Ireland. Any of a number of places in the United States, including: en The former name of an <<unincorporated community>> in <<co/Mendocino County>>, <<s/California>>, now Hales Grove. en town co/Fairfield County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Monroe, Connecticut en city/county seat co/Walton County s/Georgia. en small town co/Adams County s/Indiana. en small unincorporated community co/Tippecanoe County s/Indiana. en small city co/Jasper County s/Iowa. en unincorporated community co/Hart County s/Kentucky. en sizable city/parish seat par/Ouachita Parish s/Louisiana. en town co/Waldo County s/Maine. en small town co/Franklin County s/Massachusetts. en city/county seat co/Monroe County s/Michigan. en village co/Platte County s/Nebraska. en rural town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Monroe, New Hampshire en sizable town/and/village co/Orange County s/New York. TopoZone: Monroe, New York en Lana Bellamy Orthodox communities see surge in population Times Union (Albany) Times Union https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2025/shifting-new-york/ultra-orthodox/ 2025-06-06 With the secession of some of Monroe’s land to become a new town that encompassed Kiryas Joel, the village absorbed residents who had been living on former Monroe land. https://web.archive.org/web/20260916021014/https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2025/shifting-new-york/ultra-orthodox/ 16 September 2026 en city/county seat co/Union County s/North Carolina. en 2005 w:Jesse Helms Introduction Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir https://archive.org/details/hereswhereistand0000helm/ New York w:Random House 0-375-50884-8 2005042795 835465798 xv https://archive.org/details/hereswhereistand0000helm/page/n18/ I was born and raised in Monroe, the seat of Union County, North Carolina. That makes me, as an indulgent friend once put it, a “country boy.” en city co/Warren County and co/Butler County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/Ohio. en small unincorporated community co/Le Flore County s/Oklahoma. en small city co/Benton County s/Oregon. en borough co/Bradford County s/Pennsylvania. en small town co/Turner County s/South Dakota. en unincorporated community co/Overton County s/Tennessee. en small city co/Sevier County s/Utah. en unincorporated community co/Amherst County s/Virginia. en city co/Snohomish County s/Washington. en small town co/Adams County s/Wisconsin. en town/and/city/county seat co/Green County s/Wisconsin. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Monroe Township. en unisex surnames. Derived terms en Lake Monroe Marilyn Monroe Monroe County Monroe Doctrine Monroeville Monroeism Monroeist Monroeistic Monroemania Monroe piercing Monroesque Monrovia North Monroeville West Monroe Translations surname Arabic: ar مُونْرُو monrū, ar مُونْرُو munrū Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 門羅 Japanese: ja モンロー Monrō Korean: ko ^몬로 Lao: lo ມອນໂຣ Russian: ru Монро́ Scottish Gaelic: gd Rothach Thai: th มอนโร See also en Munro References Anagrams en emnoor Moreno mooner morone no more