Meanings
moray1
plural morays · alternative archaic maray · alternative archaic muray
- Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
Synonyms: moray eel
Moray2
- A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
- A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfamily of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
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Origin
moray · noun
- Ancient Greekσμύραινα
- Latinmurēna“sea eel, lamprey”
- Portuguesemoreia
- Englishmoray
From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).
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Full word history & related roots →Moray · proper noun
- Proto-Celtic*mori“sea”
- Scottish GaelicMoireibh
- Medieval LatinMoravia
- EnglishMoray
From Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”), of Pictish origin.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μύραινα
- μύραινα (múraina)eels of the family Muraenidae
Bulgarian мурена
- мурена (murena)eels of the family Muraenidae
Catalan morena
- morenaeels of the family Muraenidae
Chinese Mandarin 海鱔 /海鳝
- 海鱔 /海鳝 (hǎishàn)eels of the family Muraenidae
Czech muréna
- murénaeels of the family Muraenidae
Dutch murene
- mureneeels of the family Muraenidae
Finnish mureena
- mureenaeels of the family Muraenidae
French murène
- murèneeels of the family Muraenidae
German Muräne
- Muräneeels of the family Muraenidae
Greek σμέρνα
- σμέρνα (smérna)eels of the family Muraenidae
Hungarian muréna
- murénaeels of the family Muraenidae
Italian murena
- murenaeels of the family Muraenidae
Japanese 鱓
- 鱓eels of the family Muraenidae
Latin mūraena
- mūraenaeels of the family Muraenidae
Polish murena
- murenaeels of the family Muraenidae
Portuguese moreia
- moreiaeels of the family Muraenidae
Russian муре́на
- муре́на (muréna)eels of the family Muraenidae
Spanish morena
- morenaeels of the family Muraenidae
Swedish muräna
- muränaeels of the family Muraenidae
Turkish müren balığı
- müren balığıeels of the family Muraenidae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with moray
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Cite this entry
moray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moray
“moray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moray. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moray,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moray.
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