Murray
See also: murray
English
Etymology
Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in NE Scotland, probably from old Celtic "sea + settlement".
Pronunciation
- (UK, US, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɹi/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
Audio (US) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɜɹi/ (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -ʌɹi
- Homophones: Moray, murrey
Proper noun
Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]::Scene 1:
- Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
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- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1992 Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:
- 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".
- 1992 Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:
- A placename:
- A number of places in Australia
- A major river in southeastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean.
- A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Shoshone County, Idaho.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- A town in Orleans County, New York.
- A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Jackson County, Utah.
- A number of places in Australia
Derived terms
- Murray Bridge
- Murray County
- Murrayism
Translations
river in Australia
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a male given name
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Anagrams
- yarrum
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmar.ri/[1]
- Rhymes: -arri
Proper noun
Murray ?
- A surname in English
Proper noun
Murray m
- A male given name in English
Proper noun
Murray m
- a placename:
- A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- A census-designated place in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States
- A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky, United States
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States
- A town in Orleans County, New York, United States
- A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Jackson County, Utah, United States
Proper noun
Murray ?
- a placename:
- A major river in southeastern Australia
- A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand
References
- Murray in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)