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Merriam

Merriam is primarily a surname of English origin that has also been used as a place name in the United States. The name appears in various family histories and has become associated with certain institutions and locales in American geography.

Merriam, Kansas, is a city located in Johnson County within the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is

Merriam-Webster, Inc., commonly known as Merriam-Webster, is a major American publisher of dictionaries and reference works.

one
of
several
American
communities
bearing
the
name
and
has
developed
as
a
residential
and
commercial
suburb
in
the
region.
The
company
traces
its
origins
to
the
partnership
of
George
Parker
Merriam
and
Charles
A.
Merriam,
which
acquired
the
rights
to
Noah
Webster's
dictionary.
Merriam-Webster
publishes
the
flagship
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
as
well
as
a
wide
range
of
language
resources,
including
online
dictionaries
and
educational
tools.
The
firm
operates
as
a
subsidiary
of
Encyclopaedia
Britannica,
Inc.,
and
its
name
is
widely
used
to
denote
both
the
brand
and
its
reference
materials.