Moray

Definition: Moray

Moray

Noun

1. Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked.

Date "moray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1858. (references)

Synonym: Moray

Synonym: moray eel (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Moray

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Moray, one of 32 unitary council regionss in Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland. It covers parts of the traditional counties of Nairnshire, Morayshire and Banffshire.

Towns and villages

Buckie
Charlestown of Aberlour Craigellachie Cullen
Dufftown
Elgin
Findochty
Glenlivet
Keith
Lossiemouth
Maggieknockater
Portknockie
Rothes
Tomintoul

Places of Interest

Cairngorm Mountains
Forest of Glenavon
Hills of Cromdale
Speyside Way

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moray."

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Crosswords: Moray

English words defined with "moray": Gade. (references)

Specialty definitions using "moray": Clavie ♦ Highlands of Scotland. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Moray

Domain	Title
Books	Geology of the Humber Group: Central Graben & Moray Firth, U. K. (reference) Lady of Moray (reference) Moray & Badenoch (reference) Moray Coast Railways: Exploring the Remains and Environs of the Great North of Scotland and Highland Railways in Moarayshire and Banffshire (reference) Moray Eel (Creatures of the Sea) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Moray

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Photo Album: Moray

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Plate 237. The Spotted Moray. Gymnothorax moringa (Cuv.), Goode & Bean. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.		Spotted moray eel slithers among the reef growth. Gymnothorax moringa. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Green moray eel caught in a fish trap eats the other inmates. Gymnothorax sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Viper moray eel - Enchelycore nigricans. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	Head-on view of a green moray eel. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		Gymnothorax flavimarginatus - Moray eel living in crevasse in reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	A Reticulated Moray Eel. Credit: Sanctuaries.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Moray

"Moray" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.65% of the time. "Moray" is used about 124 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	80.65%	100	32,668
Noun (singular)	15.32%	19	80,337
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.42%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.61%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	124	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Moray

Expression using "moray": moray eel. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "moray": Moray-buchan.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Moray

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
moray eel	128	eel fresh moray water	4
moray	51	henry moray	3
conger moray	19	moray eel photo	3
eel freshwater moray	13	house moray	3
moray eel picture	10	moray scotland	3
snowflake moray eel	9	corvette moray	3
dolphin famous firth moray	6	fish moray	3
green moray eel	6	created de god in moray rebecca woman	3
care eel moray	5	glenn moray	2
firth moray radio	5	moray pattern	2
council moray	5	firth moray	2
glen moray	5	eel moray white	2
dragon eel moray	5	henry moray t	2
henry moray thomas	4	green moray	2
moray taste	4	college moray	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Moray

Language		Translations for "moray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Middelhavs-muræne (European moray, Mediterranean moray, murry). (various references)

Dutch		murene (European moray, Mediterranean moray, murry). (various references)

Esperanto		Morifirto (Moray Firth). (various references)

Finnish		mureena (European moray, Mediterranean moray, murry). (various references)

French		murène de Méditerranée (European moray, Mediterranean moray), murène (European moray, Mediterranean moray). (various references)

German		Aal (eel). (various references)

Greek		σμέρνα (mediterranean moray), Είδοσ Θαλάσσιου Ψαριού. (various references)

Italian		Murena (moray eel). (various references)

Pig Latin		oraymay

Portuguese		moreia (European moray, Mediterranean moray, moraine, murry). (various references)

Russian		Мори, мурена. (various references)

Spanish		morena (brunette, moraine). (various references)

Swedish		muräna (European moray, Mediterranean moray, murry). (various references)

Thai		ปลาไหลตระกูล Muraenidae. (various references)

Turkish		Murana. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Moray

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Muraena helena, Muraena helena (Linnaeus). (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Moray

Derivations
	Words beginning with "moray": morays. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Moray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amaray, amoray, Joray, marah, Maraya, marey, merey, Merlay, mhra, midray, miraj, Mirey, Mivaky, moai, moar, moay, Mobray, Modai, mofa, Mohay, Molai, Monroy, mooran, Moorey, moorii, Moorly, morae, Morat, Morby, Morda, morea, morei, morej, morey, morha, mori, Moriaty, morir, Morlai, Morlay, Morlaye, mormy, morny, Morra, Morrab, morrai, morran, morray, morty, moru, Morvah, Mouayad, moura, mowra, Mowry, muay, Mugraby, murad, Muravyev, Muray, Murnay, murra, murram, mursy, Norbay, Norroy, omrah, omrak, orai, oray. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Moray"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "moray" (pronounced merā" or mô"rā)
2	-er ā"	array, beret, cabaret, disarray.
3	-ô" r ā	foray, signore.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Moray

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: mayor.
	Words within the letters "a-m-o-r-y"
	-1 letter: army, mayo, mora, roam.
	-2 letters: arm, mar, may, moa, mor, oar, ora, ram, ray, rom, rya, yam, yar, yom.
	-3 letters: am, ar, ay, ma, mo, my, om, or, oy, ya, yo.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-o-r-y"
	+1 letter: armory, mayors, morays.
	+2 letters: acronym, almonry, amatory, anymore, armoury, dayroom, harmony, majorly, marrowy, masonry, mayoral, morally, morassy, mortary, oxymora, paronym.
	+3 letters: acrimony, acronyms, aeronomy, agrimony, agronomy, amorally, armyworm, boyarism, claymore, cometary, costmary, cramoisy, dayrooms, dormancy, formally, fumatory, kymogram, majority, matronly, mayoress, minatory, molarity, monandry, monarchy, monetary, morality, moratory, mordancy, mortally, mortuary, motorway, myograph, myriapod, nomarchy, normalcy, normally, overmany, paronyms, paroxysm, playroom, pyoderma, ramosely, ramosity, randomly, rosemary, royalism, stramony, sycamore, yeomanry, zymogram.
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