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morgan

Syllables: mor·gan/ˈmɔːɡən//ˈmɔɹɡən/

morgan noun: a unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Noun (1)

morgan (plural morgans)

  1. A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Proper noun capitalized: Morgan

Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgans)

  1. A male or female given name
    • Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025
    • The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.2025 November 13, David Hytner, “Saka and Eze strikes sink Serbia as England maintain perfect World Cup qualifying record”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2026
  2. A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
  3. (countable) A surname.
    • Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025
    1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
    2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
    3. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
    4. A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
  4. A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
  6. A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
  7. A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
  8. A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
  9. A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
  10. A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
  11. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
  12. A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
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  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  2. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
  3. An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
  5. (abbreviation, ellipsis, Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.

Noun (2) capitalized: Morgan

Morgan (plural Morgans)

  1. A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
  2. A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
  3. (numismatic slang) A Morgan dollar.

morgan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

morgan in Hindi

मॉर्गन, मोर्गन, मोरगन

morgan in Tamil

மோர்கன், மோர்கான், மொர்கன்

morgan in Marathi

मॉर्गन, मोर्गन, मोरगन

morgan in Urdu

مورگن
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morgan in Bengali
মরগান, মর্গান, মোর্গান
morgan in Telugu
మోర్గాన్, మోర్గన్, మొర్గాన్
morgan in Malayalam
മോർഗൻ, മൊർഗൻ, മോർഗാൻ
morgan in Kannada
ಮೊರ್ಗನ್, ಮೋರ್ಗನ್, ಮೊರ್ಗಾನ್
morgan in Punjabi
ਮੋਰਗਨ, ਮੌਰਗਨ, ਮੁਰਗਨ
morgan in Gujarati
મોર્ગન, મોરગન, મૉર્ગન
morgan in Odia
ମୋର୍ଗାନ୍, ମୋର୍ଗାନ, ମୋର୍ଗନ୍
morgan in Nepali
मोर्गन, मोर्गान, मॉर्गन

Examples of morgan in a sentence

  • Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
  • Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.
  • Morgan, by his own description represented the new spirit of Thatcherite enterprise.

All 20 example sentences with morgan

Forms of morgan

Noun
pluralmorgans
pluralMorgans
Proper noun
pluralMorgans

Plural of morgan: morgans

Origin of morgan

Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.

from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.

Words formed from morgan

Phrases with morgan

Words that rhyme with morgan

Questions about morgan

What does morgan mean?
Morgan means a unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
What is morgan in Hindi?
Morgan in Hindi is मॉर्गन, मोर्गन, मोरगन. See Morgan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is morgan?
Morgan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce morgan?
Morgan is pronounced /ˈmɔɹɡən/ (US).
What is the plural of morgan?
The plural of morgan is morgans.

Words near morgan in the dictionary

  1. Morgagni hernia
  2. Morgagni hernias
  3. Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome
  4. Morgagnian
  5. Morgaine
  6. morgan
  7. Morgan City
  8. Morgan County
  9. Morgan dollar
  10. Morgan dollars
  11. Morgan Hill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: morgan (page history and authors); Morgan (page history and authors); morgan (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morgan (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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