Melville

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proper noun

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounMelville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)

plural Melvilles

  1. countableA Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
  2. countableuncountableA suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  3. countableuncountableA suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. countableuncountableA suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
  5. countableuncountableA local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
  6. countableuncountableA southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Renville County, Minnesota.
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
    5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named after Admiral George W. Melville.
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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