mourne

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US/moɹn/US[mo̞ɹn]UK/mɔːn/

proper noun

A river in County Tyrone, which joins the River Foyle at Strabane.

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Meanings

mourne1

nounmourne (plural mournes)

plural mournes

  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative spelling of morne

mourne2

verbmourne (third-person singular simple present mournes, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned or mourn'd)

present singular third person mournes · participle present mourning · participle past mourned · past mourned · participle past mourn'd · past mourn'd

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of mourn.

    Therefore mourne boldly my inke; for while the lookes vpon you, your blacknesse will shine

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Mourne3

proper noun
  1. A river in County Tyrone, which joins the River Foyle at Strabane.

Origin

See morne.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mourne

pornborncornwornwarntornborneswornbournethornhorneunbornrebornmournscornmornadornforlornfreebornpeppercornWestbourneshornlornleghorn
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Sounds the same

mornemournmorn (horse–hoarse merger)

Anagrams

numeroMunroeNemuro
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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