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morgan¹
- /ˈmɔɹɡən/ US
- /ˈmɔːɡən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
Where it comes from
Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.
noun morgans
- A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Morgan²
- /ˈmɔɹɡən/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɹɡən
Where it comes from
from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
proper noun Morgans
- A male or female given name 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 people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.
- A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
- A surname. 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.
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
- A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
- A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
- A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
- A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
- A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
- A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
- A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
- A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
- A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
- Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay
noun Morgans
- A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
- A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
- A Morgan dollar.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: daniel morgan, henry morgan, pick, hogan, sergeant, thomas, morgana, belmont, macleod, culpepper, conteh, drexel, zola, morg, sunrise, sunup
Translations
Talk about this word "morgan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/morgan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. morgan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/morgan "morgan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/morgan.Cite this
@misc{morgan_2026,
title = {morgan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morgan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
