Melville
English
Proper noun
Melville (countable and uncountable)
- (countable) A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
- A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
- A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. [1]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana.
- A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
- A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named after Admiral George W. Melville.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Derived terms
- Melvillean, Melvillian
- Melville Island
- Melville Peninsula
- Mount Melville
See also
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist, essayist, and poet.
References
- “Melville”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.