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Armstrong
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English
Etymology
en arm strong. The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).
Pronunciation
en /ˈɑːmˌstɹɒŋ/ RP
en /ˈɑɹmˌstɹɔŋ/ GA
en /ˈɑɹmˌstɹɑŋ/ cot-caught
Proper noun
en English nicknames, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
en Adriana Lopez At Commander’s Palace, This Maitre D’ Ushers in a New Era of Fine-Dining Hospitality Eater New Orleans 2022-04-14 https://nola.eater.com/2022/4/14/23023869/commanders-palace-jazlin-armstrong-maitre-d-fine-dining-hospitality-new-orleans New Orleans native Jazlin Armstrong can pinpoint exactly how she knew she belonged in the restaurant industry: she’s had a love of mealtime ever since she was a little girl watching her grandmother cook Creole cuisine. https://web.archive.org/web/20221110205520/https://nola.eater.com/2022/4/14/23023869/commanders-palace-jazlin-armstrong-maitre-d-fine-dining-hospitality-new-orleans
en-US w:Michelle Goldberg w:Jesse Armstrong From the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right w:The New York Times 2025-05-26 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/succession-mountainhead-tech.html 0362-4331 With events cascading so quickly that last year often feels like another era, Armstrong wanted to create what he called, when I spoke to him last week, “a feeling of nowness.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250918054014/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/succession-mountainhead-tech.html 18 September 2025
en city in the province of p/Santa Fe c/Argentina.
en small town in the Rural City of Ararat, s/Victoria c/Australia.
en number of places c/Canada:
en city rdist/North Okanagan p/British Columbia.
en rural municipality p/Manitoba c/Canada.
en twp in Timiskaming District, p/Ontario.
en rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, p/Ontario.
en number of places c/USA:
en Termo, California.
en ucomm co/St. Johns County s/Florida.
en extinct town co/Wilkes County s/Georgia.
en ucomm co/Vermilion County s/Illinois.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Vanderburgh County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Emmet County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota.
en minor city co/Howard County s/Missouri.
en town co/Bryan County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Indiana County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Lycoming County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Kenedy County s/Texas.
en ucomm town/Osceola co/Fond du Lac County s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Bowen-Armstrong syndrome Armstrong oscillator Armstrong County Armstrong limit Armstrong line Armstrong number Captain Armstrong Armstrong Creek Armstrong's axioms Armstrongian armstrongite King-Armstrong unit
Noun
en Armstrong gun.
en 2010 Peter G. Tsouras A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril There would be a special commendation for the Royal Artillery, who were handling their Armstrongs with great precision and a speed Wolseley had never seen before in muzzle-loading guns.
Anagrams
en agmnorrst strong-arm strongarm
en eponyms
Scots
Etymology
From sco gmw-msc Armestrang.
Proper noun
sco Scottish Scots, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms; primarily referring to members of the Armstrong clan in the West and Middle Marches of the Anglo-Scottish Borders country, or their descendants