English

Proper noun

Murray

1. A river in southeastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean.
2. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
3. A Scottish surname​.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act I:Scene 1:

     Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.

4. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
   • 1992 Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:

     Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — [word deleted] kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary".

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Anagrams

• yarrum

Italian

Proper noun

Murray m

1. Murray (river)

English

Proper noun

Murray

1. A river in southeastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean.
2. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
3. A Scottish surname​.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act I:Scene 1:

     Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.

4. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
   • 1992 Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151:

     Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — [word deleted] kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary".

Translations

Anagrams

• yarrum

Italian

Proper noun

Murray m

1. Murray (river)