Monticello

See also: monticello

English

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/ (the estate)
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑntɨˈsɛloʊ/ (some of the places named after it)

Proper noun

Monticello

1. The estate of Thomas Jefferson.
2. A commune in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
3. The name of many places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Drew County, Arkansas.
   2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida.
   3. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia.
   4. A city, the county seat of Piatt County, Illinois.
   5. A city, the county seat of White County, Indiana.
   6. A city in Jones County, Iowa.
   7. A home rule city, the county seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.
   8. A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
   9. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
   10. A city in Wright County, Minnesota.
   11. A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi.
   12. A village, the county seat of Lewis County, Missouri.
   13. A village, the county seat of Sullivan County, New York.
       • 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 99:

         Not the famous Monticello in Virginia, the Monticello in upstate New York with the boarded-up main street, the giant Walmart, the army/navy/marine recruitment offices, the stores that sold prosthetic limbs, the racetrack.

   14. An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina.
   15. An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio.
   16. An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
   17. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.
   18. A village in Green County, Wisconsin.
   19. A town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.