Armstrong

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English

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Etymology

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The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).

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Armstrong

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
  2. A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
  3. A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A number of places in Canada:
    1. A city in North Okanagan, British Columbia.
    2. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
    3. A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
    4. A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. Synonym of Termo, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida.
    3. An extinct town in Wilkes County, Georgia.
    4. An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
    6. A minor city in Emmet County, Iowa.
    7. An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
    8. A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
    9. A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    10. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
    11. A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
    12. An unincorporated community in Kenedy County, Texas.
    13. An unincorporated community in Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

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Noun

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Armstrong (plural Armstrongs)

  1. Short for Armstrong gun.
    • 2010, Peter G. Tsouras, A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril:
      There would be a special commendation for the Royal Artillery, who were handling their Armstrongs with great precision and a speed Wolseley had never seen before in muzzle-loading guns.

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle Scots Armestrang.

Proper noun

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Armstrong

  1. a Scottish surname from Scots, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms; primarily referring to members of the Armstrong clan in the West and Middle Marches of the Anglo-Scottish Borders country, or their descendants