Morristown
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- proper noun
- /ˈmɔːrɪstaʊn/
- Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, 95 Mount Kemble Avenue, Morristown, hosts a post-breast surgery program sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Morristown, NJ
Examples
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I made my choice and in September 1987, arrived at the Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey.
Fiction book (1997) -
In Morristown, residential zones were created for neighborhood schools.
Academic text (1997) -
She went to see her mother in Morristown.
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I'm in Morristown, NJ right now.
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So I found out where Woody Guthrie was, and I took a bus out to Morristown.
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A cheetah escaped earlier today from the Morristown Zoo.
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Midtown Direct service also resumed on the Morristown Line with trains operating between Dover and Summit into New York.
Blog text (13) -
In 1824, when Lafayette returned to America and was invited in Morristown to a Masonic lodge, he replied that it brought back pleasant memories of his Valley Forge days.
Academic text (1992) -
In 1930, it created Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, Wakefield National Historic Site, the Birthplace of George Washington, and Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey, site of George Washington's Revolutionary War encampment, placing all three sites under Park Service jurisdiction.
Academic text (2004) -
In late December 1779, Arnold faced a court-martial at Dickerson's Tavern in Morristown, New Jersey.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Morristown is a place name made from the family name Morris and town, so it literally means 'the town of Morris'. It was named for an early leader or family called Morris, which is why the town still carries that name today.