moray
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹi/ / /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/ / /məˈɹeɪ/ / /ˈmɔɹ.eɪ/
name
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”), of Pictish origin.
- A historical county in northern Scotland, absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975.
- A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
- A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).
- Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.