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Montrose town (1991 pop. 12,127), Angus, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the South Esk River. Open to water on three sides, it is a spacious resort town, with flax and jute mills, boat yards, fruit canneries, and a fishing industry. Montrose was the scene of John de Baliol's surrender of the Scottish throne to Edward I of England in 1296.

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Montrose, Canada, UK, USA 1. UK (Scotland): formerly Munros ‘Moor of the Promontory’ from the Gaelic moine ‘moor’ and ros ‘promontory’.2. USA (Colorado): named in 1881 after Sir Walter Scott's novel The Legend of Montrose published in 1819.

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Montrose Ang. Munros c.1178. ‘Moor of the promontory’. Gaelic mon (a short form of monadh ‘moor’) + ros.

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