Murray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: without the hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˈmʌɹi/
note: US, hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˈmɝi/
homophone: Moray
homophone: murrey
rhymes: -ʌɹi
Forms: form: Murrays
Etymology: Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).
Senses: examples: text: Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
ref: Scene 1
glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
examples: text: Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — what the hell kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary".
ref: 1992, Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:
text: Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.
ref: 1992 January 30, Jennifer Dunning, “Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A major river in south-eastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean, through New South Wales and Victoria, where it forms the border for hundreds of miles, to the sea through South Australia; in full, the Murray River. Named after Sir George Murray.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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A number of places in Australia:
A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A river in Western Australia (as above).
glosses: A placename:
A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Orleans County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.
Derived terms: Little Murray
Mid Murray
Murray Bridge
Murray bridge
Murray County
Murray Hill
Murrayism
Murray lily
Murray loop bridge
Murray pine
Murray red gum
Murray Valley encephalitis