Armstrong

The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).

Armstrong

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
2. A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
3. A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
4. A number of places in Canada:
   1. A city in North Okanagan, British Columbia.
   2. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
   3. A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
   4. A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. Synonym of Termo, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida.
   3. An extinct town in Wilkes County, Georgia.
   4. An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
   5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
   6. A minor city in Emmet County, Iowa.
   7. An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   8. A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
   9. A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
   10. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
   11. A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
   12. An unincorporated community in Kenedy County, Texas.
   13. An unincorporated community in Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

• Armstrong County
• Armstrong limit
• Armstrong line
• Armstrong number
• Captain Armstrong
• Armstrong's axioms
• King-Armstrong unit

Armstrong (plural Armstrongs)

1. Short for Armstrong gun.
   • 2010, Peter G. Tsouras, A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril:

     There would be a special commendation for the Royal Artillery, who were handling their Armstrongs with great precision and a speed Wolseley had never seen before in muzzle-loading guns.

• strong-arm, strongarm

From Middle Scots Armestrang.

Armstrong

1. a Scottish surname from Scots, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms; primarily referring to members of the Armstrong clan in the West and Middle Marches of the Anglo-Scottish Borders country, or their descendants