# Melrose

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,840

## Definitions
1. A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).
2. A small town in South Australia.
3. A rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
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26. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`emlrose`, `mellrose`, `melorse`, `melroes`, `melrosse`, `melrrose`, `melrsoe`, `merlose`, `mlerose`, `mmelrose`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/melrose