how to pronounce morris

/ˈmɔːɹəs/

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morris is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of morris in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… my name is Zack Morris we're at Monterey …”

meanings of morris

name:

An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia; named for a local family.
A town in Wisconsin.
An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Muirghis (“descendant of Maurice").
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
A ghost town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
A town in Connecticut; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
A town in Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
A town and village in New York; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.
A type of folk dance originating in England.
A town in Manitoba; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
A former make of British motor car.
A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois.
A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of Maurice.
An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
An English and Scottish patronymic surname.
A city in Oklahoma.
A Welsh patronymic surname, an anglicization of Meurig (“Maurice").
A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota; named for railroad official Charles A. Morris.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun:

A morris dance.
A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
A type of pike.

verb:

To perform morris dancing.

morris frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word morris occurs in english on average 7.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics morris can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that morris can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) transport and travel;