Marion

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Proper noun

1. A female given name.
   • 1857 Charles Dickens, The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, Chapter 1:

     The name of the captain of the sloop was Captain Maryon, and therefore it was no news to hear from Mrs. Belltott, that his sister, the beautiful young unmarried English lady, was Miss Maryon. The novelty was, that her Christian name was Marion too. Marion Maryon. Many a time I have run off those two names in my thoughts, like a bit of verse. O many, and many, and many, a time.

   • 1998 Jane Adams Fade to Grey: page 132:

     "And the name was Marion. Not Mary or Marie or anything similar? You're absolutely certain about that?" Stacey nodded. "It's not a common name," she said. "I mean I know two Maries and even a Mary though she's older than me. But Marion. I don't think I've ever met a Marion. So I know I've got it right."

2. Surname
3. (chiefly, US) A male given name, or by folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Mary.
   • 2002 Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, ISBN 0-00-715151-9, page 81:

     "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.

4. A suburb in Adelaide, South Australia.
5. An ancient city on the island of Cyprus.
6. A city/county seat in Perry County, Alabama.
7. A city/county seat in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
8. A neighborhood in the town of Southington.
9. An unincorporated community in Twiggs County, Georgia.
10. A city/county seat in Williamson County, Illinois.
11. A city/county seat in Grant County, Indiana.
12. An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Shelby County.
13. A city in Linn County, Iowa.
14. A small city/county seat in Marion County, Kansas.
15. A home rule city/county seat in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
16. A town in Union Parish, Louisiana.
17. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
18. A village in Osceola County, Michigan.
19. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
20. A town in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
21. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
22. CDP/and/unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
23. An unincorporated community in Red Willow County, Nebraska.
24. An area in Jersey City, New Jersey.
25. A town/hamlet/and/CDP in Wayne County, New York.
26. A city/county seat in McDowell County, North Carolina. Named after Francis Marion.
27. A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
28. A city/county seat in Marion County, Ohio.
29. An unincorporated community/and/CDP in Marion County, Oregon.
30. An unincorporated community/and/CDP in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
31. A city/county seat in Marion County, South Carolina.
32. A small city in Turner County, South Dakota.
33. A small city in Guadalupe County, Texas.
34. CDP in Summit County, Utah.
35. A town/county seat in Smyth County, Virginia.
36. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
37. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
38. A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
39. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
40. A city in Shawano County, and.

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