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montague
/ˈmɑntəɡˌju/
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What does montague mean?
proper noun
- A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
- A male given name.
- (figuratively) By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet.
More meanings (7)
proper noun
- A city in Siskiyou County, California.
- A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- A city in Michigan.
- A town in New York.
- An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas.
- A township in Ontario.
- A community in Prince Edward Island.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑntəɡˌju/
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Barker instructs my Lord Montague to fish with salmon roe, a thing prohibited and very popular in Scotland.
Thus the Helix putris of Montagu is not H. putris of Linnaeus, though Montague supposed it to be so.
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Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!
As with us, as Montague says, 'Our laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from Nature, proceed from custom.'
“Civility,” said Lady Montague, “costs nothing and buys everything.”