Monroeville

American  

[muhn-roh-vil] / mənˈroʊ vɪl /

noun

1. a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.

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Example Sentences

We found special welcome in towns like Gackle, N.D., where we stayed in the biker hostel and spent a delightful Fourth of July, and Monroeville, Ind., which put us up in its community center during its annual Thresher Days.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born in rural Monroeville, Ala., in 1926, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — whose first name is Nelle, her grandmother Ellen’s name spelled backward — spent much of her adult life in Manhattan after moving there in 1949.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them are set in Maycomb, Alabama, the fictional town which also stands for Monroeville in To Kill A Mockingbird.

From BBC

Vance went into his Saturday afternoon campaign stop in Monroeville, PA well aware of the potential for controversy.

From Slate

Amy Bocci, the daughter of a steel mill worker, grew up in a firmly Democratic household in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monroeville.

From Los Angeles Times