Moroni

Moroni

See also: Moróni and Morôni

English

Etymology 1

From French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹəʊni/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɑni/

Proper noun

Moroni

1. The capital city of the Comoros.

Translations

capital of the Comoros

Arabic: مُورُونِي‎ f (murūnī) Bulgarian: Морони n (Moroni) Chinese: Mandarin: 莫羅尼／莫罗尼 (zh) (Mòluóní) Danish: Moroni Dutch: Moroni n German: Moroni (de) n Hindi: मोरोनी (moronī) Japanese: モロニ (Moroni) Khmer: ម៉ូរ៉ូនី (km) (mourounii) Korean: 모로니 (Moroni) Macedonian: Моро́ни n (Moróni) Ngazidja Comorian: Mroni Persian: مورونی‎ (moroni) Polish: Moroni (pl) n Portuguese: Moroni (pt) f Russian: Моро́ни m (Moróni) Spanish: Moroni (es) Thai: โมโรนี Vietnamese: Mô-rô-ni

Etymology 2

Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹəʊnaɪ/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈɹoʊnaɪ/

Proper noun

Moroni

1. A small city in central Utah.
2. (Mormonism) The last book in the Book of Mormon.
3. (Mormonism) A prophet and military and spiritual leader of the Nephites, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.

Translations

Book of Mormon prophet and leader

Bulgarian: Морони m (Moroni) Chinese: Cantonese: 摩羅乃／摩罗乃, 摩罗乃 (mo1 lo4 naai5) Mandarin: 摩羅乃／摩罗乃 (Móluónǎi) French: Moroni (fr) Portuguese: Moroni (pt) m, Morôni m (Brazil), Moróni m (Portugal) Russian: Моро́ний m (Morónij) Serbo-Croatian: Moroni m Vietnamese: Mô-rô-ni, Mô Rô Ni

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian Moroni.

Proper noun

Moroni (plural Moronis)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moroni is the 39352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 559 individuals. Moroni is most common among White (89.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moroni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 622.

References

1. Grant H. Palmer (2014), “Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd, Cumorah, and Moroni”, in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal‎, volume 34, issue 1, archived from the original on 2016-07-16, retrieved 24 May 2017, pages 50–57

Anagrams

• morion, room in

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French

Etymology

From Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁɔ.ni/

Proper noun

Moroni ?

1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

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Italian

Etymology

Patronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.

Proper noun

Moroni m or f by sense

1. a surname

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈrɔ.ɲi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɲi
• Syllabification: Mo‧ro‧ni

Proper noun

Moroni n (indeclinable)

1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Derived terms

adjective

• moronijski

 

nouns

• moronijczyk
• moronijka

 

Further reading

• Moroni in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Moroni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Morôni (Brazilian)
• Moróni (European)

Proper noun

Moroni m

1. (Mormonism) Moroni (prophet and leader mentioned in the Book of Mormon)

Proper noun

Moroni f

1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)