Antonyms for
murray
A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
0 antonyms 6 letters

No Antonyms Found for Murray

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All Definitions for Murray

Below are all the dictionary definitions of murray:

1A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2A male given name transferred from the surname.
3A placename:
4A number of places in Australia:
5A major river in south-eastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean, through New South Wales and Victoria, where it forms the border for hundreds of miles, to the sea through South Australia
6In full, the Murray River. Named after Sir George Murray.
7A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
8A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
9A river in Western Australia (as above).
10A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
11A number of places in the United States:
12A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
13An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
14An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
15A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
16A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
17A town in Orleans County, New York.
18A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
19An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.
20Alternative form of moray. [Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.]

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