Mori

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mori"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).

Proper noun

Mori (plural Moris)

  1. A surname from Japanese.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mori is the 7,831st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,228 individuals. Mori is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (47.35%) and White (30.37%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Mori

  1. A Kazakh autonomous county in Changji, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • 2021 November 18, Nuriman Abdurashid, Roseanne Gerin, “Video from Xinjiang provides fresh evidence of China’s Uyghur repression”, in Radio Free Asia[1], archived from the original on 19 November 2021[2]:
      In Mori Kazakh Autonomous County, Guanguan films a detention center flanked by watchtowers and surveillance cameras. He later goes to another location and finds the Mori County Detention Center. Neither building appears on the map.
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Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ri/[1][2]
  • Homophone: mori
  • Rhymes: -ɔri
  • Hyphenation: Mò‧ri

Proper noun

Mori m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ri/[2]
    • Rhymes: -ɔri
    • Hyphenation: Mò‧ri
    • Homophone: mori
  • IPA(key): (traditional) /ˈmo.ri/[3][2]
    • Rhymes: -ori
    • Hyphenation: Mó‧ri

Proper noun

Mori f

  1. a comune of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Further reading

  • Mori in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese (Mori) or Japanese 毛利 (Mōri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ri/
  • Homophone: mori
  • Rhymes: -ɔri
  • Hyphenation: Mò‧ri

Proper noun

Mori m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Japanese

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish Mori.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ri/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ori
  • Hyphenation: Mó‧ri

Proper noun

Mori m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Spanish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mori in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 mori in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  3. ^ Mori (top.) in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Mori

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もり

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).

Proper noun

Mori m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Japanese