English Explanatory Dictionary

Moy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A small village beside Loch Moy in the Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7634).
  3. A hamlet beside the Loch Laggan Reservoir in the Highland council area (OS grid ref NN4282).
  4. A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 8456).
  5. A river, the River Moy in County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Moi (“member of Montagnard people of Vietnam”).

Pronunciation

/mɔɪ/

Word forms

Moy Moys

Etymology

From Taishanese 梅 (moi3), or a habitational surname for someone from Moy, Aisne or Mouy, Oise in France.

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