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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.

  1. A historical county in northern Scotland, absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975.
  2. A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
  3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. 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”).

  1. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.