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muryan

muryan noun: an ant.

Noun

muryan (plural muryans)

  1. (Cornwall, UK, dialectal) An ant.

Forms of muryan

pluralmuryans

Origin of muryan

From Cornish moryon. Cognate with Breton merien and Welsh myrion.

Questions about muryan

What does muryan mean?
Muryan means an ant.
What part of speech is muryan?
Muryan is a noun.
What is the plural of muryan?
The plural of muryan is muryans.

Words near muryan in the dictionary

  1. Murutic
  2. muruxi
  3. murva
  4. Murweh
  5. Murwillumbah
  6. muryan
  7. muryans
  8. murza
  9. murzas
  10. Murzim
  11. mus

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