Murray

See also: murray

English

Etymology

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in NE Scotland, probably from old Celtic "sea + settlement".

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɹi/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝi/ (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• Homophones: Moray, murrey
• Rhymes: -ʌɹi

Proper noun

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

1. 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.

2. 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".

3. A placename:
   1. A number of places in Australia:
      1. The Murray River, 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. Named after Sir George Murray.
      2. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
   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

• Little Murray
• Mid Murray
• Murray Bridge
• Murray County
• Murrayism
• Murray pine
• Murray red gum
• Murray Valley encephalitis

 

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

Anagrams

• yarrum

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ri/
• Rhymes: -arri

Proper noun

Murray ?

1. A surname in English

Proper noun

Murray m

1. A male given name in English

Proper noun

Murray m

1. a placename:
   1. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
   2. A census-designated place in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
   3. An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
   4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States
   5. A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky, United States
   6. A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States
   7. A town in Orleans County, New York, United States
   8. A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
   9. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah, United States

Proper noun

Murray ?

1. a placename:
   1. A major river in southeastern Australia
   2. A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand