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Morehead may refer to: * Morehead (surname) * Morehead languages of New Guinea Places Places in United States ** Morehead, Kentucky ** Morehead City, North Carolina Morehead, Kentucky institutions ** Morehead State University ** Morehead State Eagles, sports teams Places in Papua New Guinea ** Morehead Rural LLG See also * Moorhead (other) * Morehead Scholarship The Morehead-Cain Scholarship (originally the Morehead Scholarship) was the first merit scholarship program established in the United States. It was founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1951 and was named for its benefact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead (surname)
Morehead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Hodges Morehead (1909–1966), American writer on the game of bridge for ''The New York Times'' **Albert Hodges Morehead's son Philip Morehead (born 1942), American musician formerly of Chicago, now residing in Canada. * Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905), Premier of Queensland, Australia, 1888–1890 * Dave Morehead (born 1942), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Patricia S. Morehead (born 1938), American educator and politician * William Morehead (1737–1793), Scottish landowner ** William Morehead's son Robert Morehead (1777–1842), Scottish clergyman and poet ** Robert Morehead's son William Ambrose Morehead (1805–1863), Scottish member of the Indian Civil Service who acted as the Governor of Madras ** Robert Morehead's son Charles Morehead (1807–1882), Scottish physician who served in the Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead Languages
The Yam languages, also known as the Morehead River languages, are a family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua. Name The name ''Morehead and Upper Maro River'' refers to the area around the Morehead and Maro rivers. Most of the languages are found between these rivers, but the Nambu subgroup are spoken east of the Morehead. Evans (2012) refers to the family instead with the more compact name ''Yam''. This name is motivated by a number of linguistic and cultural items of significance: ''yam'' (and cognates) means "custom, tradition"; ''yəm'' (and cognates) means "is"; and yam tubers are the local staple and of central cultural importance. External relationships Ross (2005) tentatively includes the Yam languages in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family. More recently (Evans 2012) has argued that this is not justified and more data has to be gathered. Evans (2018) clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead, Kentucky
Morehead is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city located along U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky, US 60 (the historic Midland Trail) and Interstate 64 in Kentucky, Interstate 64 in Rowan County, Kentucky, Rowan County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the county seat, seat of its county. The population was 6,845 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census. It was the focal point of the Rowan County War and is the home of Morehead State University. History Initial settlement The first European settlers came to Rowan County from Virginia following the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. In 1854, Morehead became the third community to be settled in the county. Colonel John Hargis (Kentucky settler), John Hargis founded the city after purchasing land in the area. The city was named after James Turner Morehead (Kentucky politician), James T Morehead, a politician who served as governor of Kentucky from 1834 to 1836. Rowan County came into existence in May 1856, seceding fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead City, North Carolina
Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007. It forms part of the Crystal Coast. History By the early 1850s, a group of investors had been formed and incorporated a land development project known as the "Shepard Point Land Company," which purchased of land on the eastern tip of the peninsula bordering the Newport River, known then as "Shepards Point," which is the present location of Morehead City. The Shepard Point Land Company's objective was to take advantage of the natural deep channel of Topsail Inlet, known today as the Beaufort Inlet, which splits Bogue Banks from Shackleford Banks and provides access to Morehead City, Beaufort, North Carolina, the Newport River and the Intracoastal Waterway. The Shepard Point Land Company was established to construct a deepwater port to allow another access point for North Carolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead State University
Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, a two-year residential early college high school on the university's campus, was established in 2014. History The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. One student appeared on the first day of class in October 1887, in a little, rented cottage where the Adron Doran University Center now stands. The private school closed in the spring of 1922 when the Kentucky General Assembly established Morehead State Normal School. The state institution accepted its first students in the fall of 1923, and graduated its first class in 1927. Name changes occurred again 1926, when it was extended to Morehead State Normal School and Teachers College; in 1930, when it was shortened to just Morehead State Teachers College; in 1948, when it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead State Eagles
The Morehead State Eagles are the athletic teams that represent Morehead State University (MSU), located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks (for football, the Football Championship Subdivision), primarily competing in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) since the 1948–49 academic year; while its football team competes in the Pioneer Football League (PFL). The Eagles previously competed in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC; now currently known as the River States Conference (RSC) since the 2016–17 school year) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1933–34 to 1947–48; and in the defunct West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from 1929–30 to 1932–33. Mascot and colors The eagle mascot is named Beaker, and the school colors are blue and gold. Varsity teams Morehead State competes in 17 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead Rural LLG
Morehead Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Merauke Regency, Indonesia is located adjacently to the west. Yam, Pahoturi, and Anim languages are spoken in the LLG. Wards *01. Bula (Kánchá language speakers) *02. Wereavere (Mblafe language speakers) *03. Wemnevere (Kémä language speakers) *04. Mibini (Namat language speakers) *05. Garaita (Nama language speakers) *06. Pongariki (Nambo language (''Namna dialect'') speakers) *07. Dimisisi (Idi language speakers) *08. Sibidiri (Idi language speakers) *09. Limol ( Ende language speakers) *10. Keru ( Neme language speakers) *11. Pukaduka *12. Kiriwo *13. Aewe *14. Wando (Warta Thuntai language speakers) *15. Kandarisa (Ránmo language speakers) *16. Rouku ( Komnzo language speakers) *17. Morehead Station *18. Bimadeben ( Nen speakers) *19. Eniyawa *20. Kautru *21. Kondobol (Taeme language speakers) *22. Malam ( Ende language speakers) See also *Yam languages *Pahoturi languages *Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorhead (other)
Moorhead may refer to: Places In the United States: * Moorhead, Iowa * Moorhead, Minnesota * Moorhead, Mississippi Other uses * Moorhead (surname) * Accrington Moorhead Sports College, Lancashire, UK * Minnesota State University Moorhead Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has an enrollment of 7,534 students in 2019 and 266 full-time faculty members. MSUM is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities s ..., USA See also * Moorehead, a surname * Morehead (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
