Montgomery

M3O1N1T1G2O1M3E1R1Y4
/məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/

proper noun

A surname from Old French.

CommonScrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Montgomerie

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.

      So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”

      2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015
    2. A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
    3. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
    4. A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
    5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
  5. A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
  7. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  8. datedFormer name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Origin

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利, 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利
  • 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 (Ménggēmǎlì)the capital city of Alabama
  • 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 (Ménggēmǎlì)town in Powys, Wales
Korean 몽고메리
  • 몽고메리 (monggomeri)the capital city of Alabama
Latin Mons Gomerici
  • Mons Gomericithe capital city of Alabama
Portuguese Montgomery
  • Montgomerythe capital city of Alabama
Welsh Trefaldwyn
  • Trefaldwyntown in Powys, Wales

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Cite this entry
APA

Montgomery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery

MLA

“Montgomery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montgomery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery.

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