English Explanatory Dictionary

Marr

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).
  3. A committee area in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

Word forms

Marr

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar). * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

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