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monticello
/ˌmɑntəˈsɛloʊ/
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What does monticello mean?
proper noun
- The estate of Thomas Jefferson.
- A commune in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
- A city, the county seat of Drew County, Arkansas.
More meanings (18)
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Piatt County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of White County, Indiana.
- A city in Jones County, Iowa.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A city in Wright County, Minnesota.
- A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi.
- A village, the county seat of Lewis County, Missouri.
- A village, the county seat of Sullivan County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Guilford County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.
- A village in Green County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmɑntəˈsɛloʊ/
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His father died when his son was but fourteen, and to him he bequeathed the Roanoke River estate, afterwards rebuilt and christened "Monticello."
Moffitt records the birth at Monticello, Ill., of quintuplets.
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Standing, as I do, almost within view of the green slopes of Monticello, and, as it were, within reach of the tomb of Washington, with all the cherished memories of the past gathering around me like so many eloquent voices of exhortation from heaven, I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.