Moray

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English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (sea) + *trebā (settlement).

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Moray

  1. A historical county in northern Scotland, absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975.
  2. A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
  3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.

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References

  • David Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, rev. edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 333.

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