Portuguese: habitational name from any of various places in
Portugal named Monserrate.Spanish: Castilianized form of the
Catalan habitational name Montserrat, after the famous
monastery of Mare de Déu de Montserrat, in Barcelona.
Christopher Columbus christened the Caribbean Island of Montserrat
with reference to this name of the Virgin.
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