Merah

M3E1R1A1H4

proper noun

A surname from Arabic.

OriginArabic مَرَاح →
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Meanings

proper nounMerah (plural Merahs)

plural Merahs

  1. A surname from Arabic.
    1 more example

    Mohamed Merah, the man believed to be the gunman on a scooter who killed seven people in south-western France, was killed in an armed siege after police surrounded his block of flats in Toulouse. […] Mohamed Merah was from Toulouse where he grew up on a housing estate in Les Izards, a troubled district in the north-east of the city with a large North African population.

    2012 March 22, “Mohamed Merah: Who was Toulouse gunman?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2019

Origin

  1. Arabicمَرَاح
  2. EnglishMerah

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَاح (marāḥ).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MaherharemHamerMehraHamrerhemaRhame
Cite this entry
APA

Merah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merah

MLA

“Merah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merah. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Merah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Merah.

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