Armstrong
English
Etymology
The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).
Proper noun
Armstrong
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
- A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
- A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
- A number of places in Canada:
- A city in North Okanagan, British Columbia.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
- A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
- A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.
- A number of places in the United States:
- Synonym of Termo, California.
- An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida.
- An extinct town in Wilkes County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Emmet County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
- A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
- A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Kenedy County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms
Noun
Armstrong (plural Armstrongs)
- 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.
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Middle Scots Armestrang.
Proper noun
Armstrong
- 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
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