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Moroni
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Moróni Morôni
English
Etymology 1
+, Comoros
From en fr Moroni, from en zdj Mroni, from zdj mro mroni at the river.
Pronunciation
en /məˈɹəʊni/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moroni.wav Southern England
en /məˈɹɑni/ US
Proper noun
en capital city c/Comoros.
Translations
capital of the Comoros
Afrikaans: af Moroni
Arabic: ar مُورُونِي f murūnī
Asturian: ast Moroni
Bulgarian: bg Морони n
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 莫羅尼 Mòluóní
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Mroni
Czech: cs Moroni n
Danish: da Moroni
Dutch: nl Moroni n
German: de Moroni n
Hindi: hi मोरोनी
Japanese: ja モロニ Moroni
Khmer: km ម៉ូរ៉ូនី
Korean: ko ^모로니
Macedonian: mk Моро́ни n
Persian: fa مورونی moroni
Polish: pl Moroni n
Portuguese: pt Moroni f
Russian: ru Моро́ни m
Spanish: es Moroni
Thai: th โมโรนี
Ukrainian: uk Моро́ні n
Vietnamese: vi Mô-rô-ni
Etymology 2
Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel.Grant H. Palmer Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd, Cumorah, and Moroni John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 2014 34 1 50–57 http://www.jwha.website/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Journal_14-1.pdf 24 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160716234415/http://www.jwha.website/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Journal_14-1.pdf 16 July 2016 Alternatively equivalent to Moron + ־י, the former being a place name in the Book of Mormon and the latter being a Hebrew attributive suffix.
Pronunciation
en /məˈɹəʊnaɪ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moroni2.wav Southern England
en /məˈɹoʊnaɪ/ US
Proper noun
en small city in central s/Utah.
en Mormonism The last book in the Book of Mormon.
en Mormonism One of two prophets and military and spiritual leaders of the Nephites, the latter of whom became the author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
Translations
Book of Mormon prophet and leader
Bulgarian: bg Морони m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 摩羅乃 mo1 lo4 naai5
Mandarin: cmn 摩羅乃 Móluónǎi
French: fr Moroni
Polish: pl Moroni n
Portuguese: pt Moroni m, pt Morôni m Brazil, pt Moróni m Portugal
Russian: ru Моро́ний m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Moroni m
Vietnamese: vi Mô-rô-ni, vi Mô Rô Ni
Etymology 3
en :bor it:Moroni + 1
Proper noun
s
en Italian.
Statistics
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
References
Anagrams
en imnoor morion room in
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af capital city c/Comoros Moroni
Derived terms
af Moroniër
af Moronies
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
[ny]
Proper noun
n 1 moronský
cs capital city c/Comoros Moroni
Further reading
French
fr:
Etymology
fr zdj Mroni, from zdj mro mroni at the river.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fr capital city c/Comoros Moroni
Italian
it:
Etymology
Patronymic from an augmentative form of it Moro.
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Polish
pl:+ (miasto)
Etymology
pl fr Moroni, from pl zdj Mroni, from zdj mro mroni.
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Moroni.wav
Proper noun
n yes
pl capital city c/Comoros Moroni
Derived terms
pl adjective moronijski
pl nouns moronijczyk moronijka
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
pt Morôni Brazil
pt Moróni Portugal
Proper noun
m
pt Mormonism en Moroni prophet and leader mentioned in the Book of Mormon
Etymology 2
Proper noun
f
pt capital city c/Comoros Moroni