Montenegro. Literally “black mountain.”
Montepulciano. A famous Italian wine produced at the ancient city of the same name.
Montgomery. After Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, who obtained forcible possession of the castle erected on the height by the Lord of the Marshes in the time of William the Conqueror.
Montreal. So called from the admiring exclamation of Jacques Coutier, when in 1534 he viewed the surrounding country from its summit. The name is French for “Royal Mount.”
Montserrat. Expresses the Latin for a mountain serrated or jagged like a saw.
Monumental City. Baltimore, so called on account of its one hundred and four churches, the obelisk, etc., which it contains.
Moonshiners. The name given in the western states of America to illicit whisky distillers.
Moonshine Whisky. American whisky distilled under cover of night by “Moonshiners.”
Moorfields. See “[Moorgate Street].”
Moorgate Street. From the postern gate in the Roman Wall leading to the moor beyond the fen lands or marshes of Finsbury known as Moorfields.