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monterey
/ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/
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What does monterey mean?
adjective
- Of a style reminiscent of the architecture of Alta California.
proper noun
- A city in Monterey County, California.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, named for the Battle of Monterey.
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proper noun
- A town, the county seat of Highland County, Virginia.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- Alternative spelling of Monterrey.
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of Monterrei.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/
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I certainly never saw so much silver at one time in my life, as during the week that we were at Monterey.
In California the staple conifer hedge is made of Monterey cypress.
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Higher up, above the peninsula of Monterey, stands the important town from which it takes its name; but, seated on the borders of a perfect desert, it was not connected with the interior by a network of telegraphic wires, and electricity alone could spread these important news fast enough.
“Oh, who would think that Katie Casey owned the Santa Fé? But it really looks that way, The dispatcher’s turnin’ gray, All the crews is off their pay; She can hold the freight from Albuquerq’ to Needles any day; The division superintendent, he come home from Monterey, Just to see if things was pleasin’ Katie Ca—a—a—sey.”