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Mori

Mori proper noun: a surname from Japanese.

Proper noun (1)

Mori (plural Moris)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Proper noun (2)

Mori

  1. A Kazakh autonomous county in Changji, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • In Mori Kazakh Autonomous County, Guanguan films a detention center flanked by watchtowers and surveillance cameras. He later goes to another location and finds the Mori County Detention Center. Neither building appears on the map.2021 November 18, Nuriman Abdurashid, Roseanne Gerin, “Video from Xinjiang provides fresh evidence of China’s Uyghur repression”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2021

Forms of Mori

pluralMoris

Origin of Mori

Borrowed from Japanese 森 (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).

Phrases with Mori

Questions about Mori

What does Mori mean?
Mori means a surname from Japanese.
What part of speech is Mori?
Mori is a proper noun.

Words near Mori in the dictionary

  1. Morgonaz
  2. Morgons
  3. morgue
  4. morguelike
  5. morgues
  6. Mori
  7. mori kei
  8. moria
  9. Moriac
  10. Moriah
  11. Morian

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