Somerville

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)vɪl/

Proper noun

Somerville

1. A Scottish surname.
2. A township in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Morgan County, Alabama.
   2. A small town in Gibson County, Indiana.
   3. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
   4. A city in Massachusetts.
      • 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 98:

        While at school, he worked in […] the disgusting slush of Boston’s outer suburbs. He got accustomed to driving all day to a job site, working, and then driving the winding roads and blind curves to Somerville, only to wake up and do it again the next morning.

   5. A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey.
   6. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio.
   7. A town, the county seat of Fayette County, Tennessee.
   8. A small city in Burleson County, Texas, named after railroad president Albert Somerville.
4. A crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
5. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Somerville College, Oxford.
6. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Somerville College Boat Club.

Derived terms

• Aston Somerville
• johnsomervilleite