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Moran

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
  2. 2
    A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.
  4. 9
    A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior. Africa, East
  2. 2
    Misspelling of moron, sometimes intentional. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning. * As an English surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán. * As a French surname, variant of Morin. * Variant of the English and French surname Morant.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maasai il-múrràn (“warriors”).

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