Murray
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Murray is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb (or Moreb); the b here was pronounced as v, hence the Latinization to Moravia. These names denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray.
Murray is no longer used for the geographical area, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray.
Murray may refer to:
Places
United States
- Murray, Iowa
- Murray, Kentucky
- Murray, New York
- Murray, Utah
- Murray City, Ohio
- Murray County
- * Murray County, Georgia
- * Murray County, Minnesota
- * Murray County, Oklahoma
- Murray Hill
- * Murray Hill, Kentucky
- * Murray Hill, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City
- * Murray Hill, New Jersey
- * Murray Hill, Pennsylvania
- * Murray Hill, Christmas Island, the highest point on Christmas Island
- Murray Isle in the Thousand Islands region
- Port Murray, New Jersey
Australia
- Division of Murray, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria.
- Murray Bridge, South Australia
- Murray Island, Torres Strait
Elsewhere
- Murray Street
- * Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia
- * Murray Street, New York City
- * Murray Street, Ann Arbor
- * Murray Street, Singapore
- * Murray Street, Ottawa
- * See also Murray Street (album) by Sonic Youth, a band from New York City
- Murray House, Hong Kong
- Murray Park on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland
Names
- Albert Murray (born 1916), African American jazz critic and novelist
- Alexander Murray (geologist) (1810-1884), Scottish geologist
- Andrew Murray - disambiguation page
- Anne Murray (born 1945), Canadian singer
- Archibald Murray (1860-1945), British general
- Arthur Murray (1895-1991), American dance instructor and businessman
- Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor
- Charles Murray - disambiguation page
- Craig Murray (born 1958), British commentator on government foreign policy and former diplomat
- Daniel Alexander Payne Murray (1852-1925), African American intellectual
- David Murray - disambiguation page
- Dee Murray (1946-1992), British bassist, best known as a member of Elton John's original rock band
- Eddie Murray (born 1956), American baseball player
- Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1824-1881), English journalist
- Francis Murray, American mathematician known for his foundational work on functional analysis
- Frances Murray Smith, mother of Rosalynn Smith Carter
- Gerald R. Murray, 14th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
- George Murray (Lieutenant-Governor) (1772-1846), British soldier and politician, former Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
- George Matheson Murray (1927-1961), Canadian politician and journalist
- Glen Murray (born 1957), Canadian politician
- Glen Murray (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player
- Harold James Ruthven Murray (1868-1955), a chess historian
- James Murray - disambiguation page
- Jennifer Murray, British pilot and the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a helicopter
- Joe Murray (born 1961), creator of Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo
- John Murray - disambiguation page
- Junior Murray (born 1968), West Indian cricketer
- Len Murray (Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, 1922-2004), British Labour politician
- Lenda Murray (born 1962), American female bodybuilder
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919-1995), American atheist
- Margaret Murray (1863-1963), British Egyptologist
- Patty Murray (Patricia Lynn Murray, born 1950), United States Senator
- Pete Murray - disambiguation page
- Lindley Murray (tennis player) (1892-1970), American tennis player
- Sean Murray, actor known for NCIS television series
- William Murray - disambiguation page
Geographical features
- Murray River is a major river in Australia
- Murray-Darling Basin, which drains one seventh of Australia
- Murray River, New Zealand is a minor river on Stewart Island/Rakiura of New Zealand
- Lake Murray
- * Lake Murray (South Carolina) is the name of a lake in South Carolina, which was for a time the largest artificially constructed lake in the world
- * Lake Murray, Oklahoma is a lake and the oldest State Park in Oklahoma
- * Lake Murray, California is the name of a lake in San Diego California
- * Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea is the largest lake in Papua New Guinea
Other
- Murray Cod is the largest freshwater fish in Australia
- Murray Grey is a cattle breed
- USS Murray
- Murray-Latta is a Canadian manufacturer
- Murrays is an Australian bus company
- Murray (brand) is a brand owned by the Kellogg Company
- Murray (Monkey Island) - a talking skull in the Monkey Island game series
- Murray (Sly Cooper character), also known as "The Murray" - A character in the Sly Cooper video game series
- Murray (bicycles) is the name of an American manufacturer of low cost bicycles
- Murray Avenue School, in Larchmont.
- The heraldic tincture is correctly spelt murrey.
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