morgan
IPA: mˈɔrgʌn
noun
- (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
- (countable) A unisex given name
- A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
- A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
- (countable) A surname.
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
- A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (Merrigan).
- A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (Morahan).
- A placename.
- A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
- A locale in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
- A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
- A city in Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
- A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
- A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, and an unincorporated community within that town.
- A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
- A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
- A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
- (numismatic slang) A Morgan dollar.
- (Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay. [(Arthurian legend) The half sister of King Arthur, known for being a powerful enchantress.]
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Examples of "morgan" in Sentences
- Ellen Inez Morgan is the main character of the sitcom.
- DeForest Kelley played the part of Morgan Earp in this film.
- Morgan is the productive, witty and reliable one in the group.
- The actual house, in De Morgan's interpretation, was a sepulcher.
- James was the uncle of the financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan.
- Because Morgan maintained that the U.S. was blameless in the overthrow.
- Deimos was killed by Morgan after kidnapping the hero's paramour, Tara.
- I doubt that every Morgan or Morgan cross is as unflappable as my first horse.
- Morgan suggested that he underwrites the founding of an intentional community.
- According to Morgan Stanley, the earnings cycle is likely to inflect positively.
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