murray

Proper noun capitalized: Murray

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
   • Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.Scene 1
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do...1992, Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151
   • Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.1992 January 30, Jennifer Dunning, “Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024
3. 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.
4. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
5. A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
6. A river in Western Australia (as above).
7. A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
8. A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
9. An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
10. An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
11. A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
12. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.