"Melville" meaning in All languages combined

See Melville on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Melvilles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)
  1. (countable) A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Melville-en-name-aUR5qAF5 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Suburbs in South Africa
    Sense id: en-Melville-en-name-L~F0AAQ~
  3. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Perth, Places in Western Australia, Suburbs in Western Australia
    Sense id: en-Melville-en-name-PKs6ilqp
  4. The City of Melville, a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Perth, Places in Western Australia Derived forms: Melvillean, Melvillian, Melville Island, Mount Melville Related terms: Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist, essayist, and poet
    Sense id: en-Melville-en-name-ayNlZK8x Categories (other): Local government areas of Australia
  5. A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, named after Admiral George W. Melville. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals Categories (place): Census-designated places in Rhode Island, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Rhode Island, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Melville-en-name-T0ovUL1i Disambiguation of Individuals: 18 8 6 24 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 4 29 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 7 8 27 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 6 26 56

Inflected forms

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