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murray

/ˈmʌɹi/

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What does murray mean?

proper noun

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 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.
More meanings (13)

proper noun

  1. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
  3. A river in Western Australia (as above).
  4. A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
  5. A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  6. An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
  8. A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
  9. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
  10. A town in Orleans County, New York.
  11. A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
  12. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of moray.
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Mr. Adam Murray received him kindly, heard his explanations, and invited him to call on the following day with his partner.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
Amid all this new clash of politics Murray has had an opportunity for one or two days of making himself talked of.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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The volumes will have to be full-sized octavo, so I have written to Murray to suggest details to be printed in small type.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
The "multiple" origin of each species as advocated by Sclater and Murray, although giving the species a broader basis, suffered from the same difficulties.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
Gilbert Murray remarks that "astrology fell upon the Hellenistic mind as a new disease falls upon some remote island people."
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566