Melville

English

Proper noun

Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)

  1. (countable) A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  3. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
  4. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
  5. A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, named after Admiral George W. Melville.

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  • Melville”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.