Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morrigan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
mor-ri-g-an
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Irish Mór-Ríoghain ("great queen"), from Middle Irish Morrígan.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Morrigan (canonical) Mórrígan (alternative) Morrígan (alternative) Morrigu (alternative)

Questions

What does morrigan mean?
An Irish mythological figure, widely considered to be a goddess and usually interpreted as a triple goddess, associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom or victory in battle.
Where does morrigan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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