elgin

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El⋅gin

[el-jin for 1; el-gin for 2]

–noun

1.	a city in NE Illinois. 63,798.

2.	former name of Moray.

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Mor⋅ay

[mur-ee]

–noun

a historic county in NE Scotland, on Moray Firth.

Formerly, Elgin.

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El·gin (ěl'jĭn)

A city of northeast Illinois on the Fox River west-northwest of Chicago. It is a trade and industrial center. Population: 102,000.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

moray

1624, from Port. moreia, from L. muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Gk. smyraina, from smyros "sea eel."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Elgin

royal burgh (town) and city, in Moray council area and historic county, northeastern Scotland, situated on the River Lossie in the fertile plain of Moray, of which it is the market town.

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