Moroni

See also: Moróni and Morôni

English

Etymology 1

From French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈɹəʊni/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈɹɑni/

Proper noun

Moroni

  1. The capital city of the Comoros.
Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈɹəʊnaɪ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈɹoʊnaɪ/

Proper noun

Moroni

  1. A small city in central Utah.
  2. (Mormonism) The last book in the Book of Mormon.
  3. (Mormonism) A prophet and military and spiritual leader of the Nephites, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian Moroni.

Proper noun

Moroni (plural Moronis)

  1. A surname from 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
  1. Grant H. Palmer (2014), “Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd, Cumorah, and Moroni”, in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal‎, volume 34, issue 1, archived from the original on 2016-07-16, pages 50–57

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Moroni

  1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Derived terms
  • Moroniër
  • Moronies

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmoronɪ]

Proper noun

Moroni n (indeclinable, related adjective moronský)

  1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Further reading
  • Moroni in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁɔ.ni/

Proper noun

Moroni ?

  1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Italian

Etymology

Patronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.

Proper noun

Moroni m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔˈrɔ.ɲi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲi
  • Syllabification: Mo‧ro‧ni

Proper noun

Moroni n (indeclinable)

  1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Derived terms
adjective
  • moronijski
nouns
  • moronijczyk
  • moronijka

Further reading
  • Moroni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Moroni m

  1. (Mormonism) Moroni (prophet and leader mentioned in the Book of Mormon)

Proper noun

Moroni f

  1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)
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