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Meaning of Morgan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmɔɹɡən

Definitions

  1. A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. 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), meaninggreat chief” or “sea chief”.
  4. A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
  5. A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
  6. A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
  7. A surname.
  8. A Morgan dollar.
  9. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  10. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
  11. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
  12. A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
  13. A placename:
  14. A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
  15. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
  16. A locale in the United States:
  17. A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
  18. A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
  19. A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
  20. A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
  21. A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
  22. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
  23. A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
  24. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  25. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
  26. An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  27. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
  28. Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.

Equivalents

العربية مورغان
Français Morgan morgan
Italiano Morgan

Examples

Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other peoplewho she noticed weretaking significant breaksfrom their careersafter going abroad for the first time.”
The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.”
Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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