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Moy

//mɔɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small village beside Loch Moy in the Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7634). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A hamlet beside the Loch Laggan Reservoir in the Highland council area (OS grid ref NN4282). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A river, the River Moy in County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Moi (“member of Montagnard people of Vietnam”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Taishanese 梅 (moi3), or a habitational surname for someone from Moy, Aisne or Mouy, Oise in France.

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