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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