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Melrose
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melrose
English
Etymology
From en gd maol bare, barren + gd ros promontory, headland.
Proper noun
~ s
en small town council area/Scottish Borders cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT5434.
en small town s/South Australia.
en rural community city:Pref/Devonport and carea/Kentish northern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en suburb city/Wellington r:suf/Wellington c/New Zealand.
en suburb city/Johannesburg c/South Africa.
en number of places c/Canada:
en community co/Hastings County p/Ontario.
en community co/Middlesex County p/Ontario.
en small community p/Nova Scotia.
en settlement co/Westmorland County p/New Brunswick.
en settlement p/Newfoundland and Labrador.
en number of places c/USA:
en neighbourhood city/Oakland s/California.
en village town/East Windsor s/Connecticut.
en unincorporated community co/Alachua County co/Bradford County co/Clay County and co/Putnam County s/Florida.
en small community co/Monroe County s/Iowa.
en unincorporated community par/Natchitoches Parish s/Louisiana.
en unincorporated community co/Carroll County s/Maryland.
en city co/Middlesex County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Melrose, Massachusetts
en Nick Stoico Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns w:Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 2025-01-22 Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20260609112223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 9 June 2026
en city co/Stearns County s/Minnesota.
en neighbourhood bor/Sayreville s/New Jersey.
en village co/Curry County s/New Mexico.
en hamlet town/Schaghticoke co/Rensselaer County s/New York.
en neighbourhood bor/Bronx city/New York City.
en village co/Paulding County s/Ohio.
en CDP co/Douglas County s/Oregon.
en village/and/town co/Jackson County s/Wisconsin.
en habitational Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
en Melrose Park
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Melrose is the 20232nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1316 individuals. Melrose is most common among White (88.15%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en eelmors Meleros