Vernon
Americannoun
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Edward Old Grog, 1684–1757, British admiral.
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a town in N Connecticut.
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a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
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a city in N Texas.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “springlike.”
Example Sentences
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City of Industry, in the San Gabriel Valley, and Vernon, south of downtown L.A., are primarily industrial areas, each with around 300 permanent residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Washington had spent all of 10 days at Mount Vernon, his beloved home in Virginia, during the 8½ years of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Former Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly and BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay have jointly announced they are splitting up.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Shirley Xerxes from St Albans in Hertfordshire was one of the first to receive the jab at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre near Watford.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
For Ona Judge, life at the center of the nation’s new capital was entirely different from the plantation world of Mount Vernon.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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