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moran

moran noun: an unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior. Also the misspelling of moron.

Noun

moran (plural morans or moran or ilmoran)

  1. (Africa, East) An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.

Proper noun capitalized: Moran

Moran (countable and uncountable, plural Morans)

  1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
  2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
  4. A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
  5. A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
  6. A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.
  9. A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.

Also used as

moran is also the misspelling of moron.

moran meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

moran in Hindi

मोरन, मोरान

moran in Tamil

மோரன், மொரான்

moran in Marathi

मोरान, मोरन

moran in Urdu

موران
More languagesFewer languages
moran in Bengali
মোরান
moran in Telugu
మోరన్, మోరాన్, మొరాన్
moran in Malayalam
മോറൻ, മൊറാൻ, മോറാൻ
moran in Kannada
ಮೋರನ್, ಮೊರಾನ್
moran in Punjabi
ਮੋਰਾਨ, ਮੋਰਨ
moran in Gujarati
મોરાન, મોરન
moran in Odia
ମୋରାନ୍, ମୋରାନ, ମୋରନ୍
moran in Nepali
मोरान, मोरन

Forms of moran

Noun
pluralmorans
pluralmoran
pluralilmoran
Proper noun
pluralMorans

Origin of moran

Borrowed from Maasai il-múrràn (“warriors”).

* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning. * As an English surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán. * As a French surname, variant of Morin. * Variant of the English and French surname Morant.

Words formed from moran

Questions about moran

What does moran mean?
Moran means an unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
What is moran in Hindi?
Moran in Hindi is मोरन, मोरान. See Moran meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is moran?
Moran can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of moran?
The plural of moran is morans.

Words near moran in the dictionary

  1. morals of the stories
  2. morals of the story
  3. morama bean
  4. morama beans
  5. Moramba
  6. moran
  7. Moranding
  8. Morando
  9. Morandos
  10. Morane
  11. Morangarell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moran (page history and authors); Moran (page history and authors); moran (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moran (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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