# Montrose

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,387

## Definitions
1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A coastal resort town in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7157).
3. A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
4. A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
6. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
7. A village in British Columbia, Canada.
8. A residential neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
9. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
10. An area of Dublin, Ireland, where the television station RTÉ broadcasts.
11. A town in Guyana.
12. A commercial district of Chaguanas borough, Trinidad and Tobago.
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35. A Scottish dukedom.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).

## Easily confused with
- **Monroe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-montrose)
- **mongoose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongoose-vs-montrose)

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmontrose`, `mnotrose`, `monntrose`, `monrtose`, `montorse`, `montroes`, `montrosse`, `montrrose`, `montrsoe`, `monttrose`, `motnrose`, `omntrose`

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