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

capital of the Comoros

• Afrikaans: Moroni
• Arabic: مُورُونِي f (murūnī)
• Asturian: Moroni (ast)
• Bulgarian: Морони n (Moroni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫羅尼 / 莫罗尼 (zh) (Mòluóní)

• Czech: Moroni n
• Danish: Moroni
• Dutch: Moroni n
• German: Moroni (de) n
• Hindi: मोरोनी (moronī)
• Japanese: モロニ (ja) (Moroni)
• Khmer: ម៉ូរ៉ូនី (km) (mourounii)
• Korean: 모로니 (Moroni)
• Macedonian: Моро́ни n (Moróni)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mroni
• Persian: مورونی (moroni)
• Polish: Moroni (pl) n
• Portuguese: Moroni (pt) f
• Russian: Моро́ни (ru) m (Moróni)
• Spanish: Moroni (es)
• Thai: โมโรนี
• Ukrainian: Моро́ні n (Moróni)
• Vietnamese: Mô-rô-ni

Etymology 2

Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel. Alternatively equivalent to Moron + ־י, the former being a place name in the Book of Mormon and the latter being a Hebrew attributive suffix.

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) One of two prophets and military and spiritual leaders of the Nephites, the latter of whom became the author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.

Translations

Book of Mormon prophet and leader

• Bulgarian: Морони m (Moroni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩羅乃 / 摩罗乃 (mo¹ lo⁴ naai⁵)

  Mandarin: 摩羅乃 / 摩罗乃 (Móluónǎi)

• French: Moroni (fr)
• Portuguese: Moroni (pt) m, Morôni m (Brazil), Moróni m (Portugal)
• Russian: Моро́ний m (Morónij)
• Serbo-Croatian: Moroni m
• Vietnamese: Mô-rô-ni, Mô Rô Ni

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 39352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 559 individuals. Moroni is most common among White (89.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moroni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 622.

Anagrams

• morion, room in

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, relational adjective moronský)

1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)

Further reading

• “Moroni”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Morôni (Brazil)
• Moróni (Portugal)

Proper noun

Moroni m

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Moroni f

1. Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)