Murray
Meanings
name
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 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.
- A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
- A river in Western Australia (as above).
- A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
noun
- Alternative form of moray.
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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”).
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