Murray

Meaning

1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
2. A river in Western Australia (as above).
3. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
4. A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
5. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
6. A major river in south-eastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean, through New South Wales and Victoria, where it forms the border for hundreds of miles, to the sea through South Australia; in full, the Murray River. Named after Sir George Murray.
7. A placename:
8. A number of places in Australia:

Etymology / origin

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).

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