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Mowbray

Mowbray proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Mowbray (countable and uncountable, plural Mowbrays)

  1. A surname.
  2. An English barony, now combined with Seagrave and Stourton.
  3. A coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
  4. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A southern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Forms of Mowbray

pluralMowbrays
alternative formMulberry

Origin of Mowbray

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).

Words formed from Mowbray

Questions about Mowbray

What does Mowbray mean?
Mowbray means a surname.
What part of speech is Mowbray?
Mowbray is a proper noun.

Words near Mowbray in the dictionary

  1. mowas
  2. Mowat
  3. Mowat-Wilson syndrome
  4. Mowatt
  5. Mowatts
  6. Mowbray
  7. Mowbray Park
  8. Mowbrays
  9. mowburn
  10. mowburned
  11. mowburning

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