Moroni
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMoroni
- The capital city of the Comoros.
Translations
editcapital of the Comoros
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Etymology 2
editPossibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMoroni
- A small city in central Utah.
- (Mormonism) The last book in the Book of Mormon.
- (Mormonism) A prophet and military and spiritual leader of the Nephites, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
Translations
editBook of Mormon prophet and leader
Etymology 3
editProper noun
editMoroni (plural Moronis)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Moroni is the 39352nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 559 individuals. Moroni is most common among White (89.27%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moroni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 622.
References
edit- ^ Grant H. Palmer (2014) “Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd, Cumorah, and Moroni”, in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal[1], volume 34, number 1, archived from the original on 16 July 2016, pages 50–57
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editMoroni
- Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
Derived terms
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMoroni n (indeclinable, related adjective moronský)
- Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
Further reading
edit- “Moroni”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMoroni ?
- Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
Italian
editEtymology
editPatronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.
Proper noun
editMoroni m or f by sense
- a surname
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMoroni n (indeclinable)
- Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
Derived terms
editadjective
nouns
Further reading
edit- Moroni in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editMoroni m
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editMoroni f
- Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
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- en:Cities in the Comoros
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- fr:Cities in the Comoros
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- fr:Places in the Comoros
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