Melville

(melvil)

noun

a masculine name: var. Melvil

Origin: after the surname (orig. place name)

Melville, Herman 1819-91; U.S. novelist

  1. island of Canada in the Arctic Ocean, north of Victoria Island: 16,274 sq mi (42,149 sq km)
  2. island of Australia, off the N coast: 2,240 sq mi (5,802 sq km)

Origin: after R. Saunders, Viscount Melville (1771-1851), First Lord of the Admiralty

See Melville in American Heritage Dictionary 4

American writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of Moby-Dick (1851), considered among the greatest American novels. His other works include short stories, such as “Bartleby the Scrivener” (1856), and the novella Billy Budd (published 1924).

Related Forms:

  • Mel·vilˈle·an (-vĭlˈē-ən) adjective

, Lake

A saltwater lake of Newfoundland, Canada, in southeast Labrador. It receives the Churchill River in Goose Bay, its southwest arm.

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