Lamont

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proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounLamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)

plural Lamonts · alternative Lemmond

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Kern County, California.
      1 more example

      A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Lamont, California, on Tuesday night and rumbled through a broad stretch of Southern California, including Los Angeles. […] The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake’s epicenter hit about 15 miles southwest of Lamont – and roughly 25 miles south of Bakersfield – around 9:09 p.m. PT.

      2024 August 7, Elizabeth Wolfe, “5.2 magnitude earthquake near Bakersfield rumbles through Southern California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2024
    2. countableuncountableA minor city in Buchanan County, Iowa.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dundy County, Nebraska.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Whitman County, Washington.
    7. countableuncountableA town and unincorporated community therein, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
  3. countableuncountableA town in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada, named after John Henderson Lamont.

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APA

Lamont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lamont

MLA

“Lamont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lamont. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lamont,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lamont.

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