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moran

/mɚˈæn/

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What does moran mean?

noun

  1. An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
  2. Misspelling of moron, sometimes intentional.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
More meanings (8)

proper noun

  1. A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
  2. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
  3. A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
  4. A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
  5. A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.
  8. A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.

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IPA pronunciation

/mɚˈæn/

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The names of Kissinger and Moran should figure upon the roll of honor of the U. S. Army.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
Colonel Moran sprang forward with a snarl of rage, but the constables dragged him back.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
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“I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke Moran.”
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #1661
I recall a certain Mrs. Moran, who was returning one rainy day from the office of the county agent with her arms full of paper bags containing beans and flour which alone lay between her children and starvation.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
The Eastern and Western Cloisters, Hindu Amphitheater, Cape Royal, Powell’s Plateau, Grand View Point, Point Sublime, Bissell and Moran Points, the Temple of Set, Vishnu’s Temple, Shiva’s Temple, Twin Temples, Tower of Babel, Hance’s Column—these fairly good names given by Dutton, Holmes, Moran, and others are scattered over a large stretch of the cañon wilderness.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326