Melville
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English
Proper noun
Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)
- (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.
- The City of Melville, a local government area in Perth, Western Australia.
- A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, named after Admiral George W. Melville.
Derived terms
See also
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist, essayist, and poet.
Further reading
- “Melville”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.