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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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.ɹi/ (Received Pronunciation; General Australian; US without the hurry–furry merger)
- Audio (US): (file)
(US, hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝ.i/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊ.ɹi/
Homophones: Moray, murrey
Rhymes: -ʌɹi

Proper noun

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
  :Scene 1:
  Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1992, Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:
  Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — what the hell kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary".
- 1992 January 30, Jennifer Dunning, “Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2024:
  Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.
A placename:
1. A number of places in Australia:
  1. 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.
  2. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
  4. A river in Western Australia (as above).
2. A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  2. An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
  4. A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
  5. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
  6. A town in Orleans County, New York.
  7. A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
  8. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.

Derived terms

Translations

river in Australia

Arabic: مُورَاي m (murāy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 墨累河 (zh) (Mòlèi hé)
Hindi: मर्रे (marre)
Italian: Murray m
Japanese: マレー川 (Marē-gawa)
Korean: 머레이 강 (Meorei gang)
Russian: Му́ррей m (Múrrej), Ма́рри f (Márri)

a male given name

Maori: Mare

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