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Moriarty

//ˈmɔːɹiɑː(ɹ)ti// name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    Professor James Moriarty, fictional archenemy and nemesis of Sherlock Holmes; by extension any such archenemy or nemesis.

    "The town of Twin peaks, suddenly not energised by its mammary setting, is narrated as a large chess board on which the action is completely defined by the competing logic of Dale Cooper and his Moriarty-like nemesis, Windom Earle."

  3. 3
    A city in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.
  4. 4
    A locality in Latrobe council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh (“descendant of Muircheartach”), a name from muir (“sea”) + ceardaí (“craftsman”).

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