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Australia

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St Morris, South Australia St Morris is a suburb of Adelaide, located in the local government area of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. History ''North Norwood'' Post Office opened around 1886, was renamed ''Trinity Gardens'' in 1950 and ''St Morris'' in 1963 befo ...
, place in South Australia


Canada

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Morris Township, Ontario Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manito ...
, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry *
Rural Municipality of Morris Morris is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The Town of Morris, a separate urban municipality, is located in the southeastern corner of the RM. The RM has a population of 3,047 persons as of the 2016 Canada ...
, Manitoba **
Morris, Manitoba Morris is a small town in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located 51 km south of Winnipeg and 42 km north of Emerson. Morris is home to 1,885 people (2016). Named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieutenant Governor o ...
, a town mostly surrounded by the municipality *
Morris (electoral district) Morris is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and named after the town and municipality of Morris, which in turn are named after Alexander Morris, who served as ...
, Manitoba (defunct) *
Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312 The Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and Division No. 5. History The RM of Morris No. 312 incorporated as a rural ...
, Saskatchewan


United States

;Communities * Morris, Alabama, a town *
Morris, Connecticut Morris is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,256 at the 2020 census. Europeans first began to settle the area that became Morris about 1723. Originally part of the town of Litchfield, it was called the ...
, a town *
Morris, Georgia Morris (also Morris Station) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Quitman County, Georgia, United States. Its elevation is 249 feet (76 m). It has a ZIP code of 39867. The community lies a short distance to the south of U.S. ...
, an unincorporated community *
Morris, Illinois Morris is a city in and the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, United States and part of the southwest Chicago metropolitan area. The population was estimated at 15,053 in 2019. Description Morris is the Grundy County seat and has a larg ...
, a city *
Morris, Indiana Morris is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States ...
, an unincorporated community *
Morris, Minnesota Morris is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2020 census. Morris is surrounded by some of the nation's richest agricultural land, and agribusiness is important to the loca ...
, a city *
Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...
, a town *
Morris (town), New York Morris is a town located in Otsego County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,878. The town is named after General Jacob Morris. Town of Morris is located on the western border of the county. The V ...
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Morris (village), New York Morris is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Otsego County, New York, Otsego County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 583 at the 2010 census. The Village of Morris is centrally located in the Mo ...
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Morris, Oklahoma Morris is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,494 at the 2010 census, an increase of 14.3% from the figure of 1,294 recorded in 2000. History The community began as a cattle stop on the Ozark and Cherokee Cen ...
, a city *
Morris, Pennsylvania Morris is an unincorporated community in Morris Township, Tioga County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It lies at the junction of state routes 414 and 287, between Williamsport and Wellsboro. Babb Creek, a tributary of Pine Creek, flow ...
, an unincorporated community *
Morris, West Virginia Morris is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of ...
, an unincorporated community *
Morris, Kanawha County, West Virginia Morris is an extinct town in Kanawha County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify Wes ...
, a ghost town * Morris, Wisconsin, a town *
Morris Township (disambiguation) Morris Township may refer to: Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry United States * Morris Township, Arkansas County, Arkansas in Arkansas County * Morris Township, Grundy County, Illinois * Mo ...
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Morris County, Kansas Morris County (standard abbreviation: MR) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,386. The largest city and county seat is Council Grove. History Early history For many millennia, ...
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Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285,
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Morris County, Texas Morris County is a county located near the eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,973. Its county seat is Daingerfield. Morris County is probably named for William Wright Morris, an early judge ...
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Morris Creek (South Dakota) Morris Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Morris Creek has the name of Sam Morris, a local convicted felon. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By ...
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Morris Island Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km²) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The ...
, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina *
Morris Plains, New Jersey Morris Plains is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,532,Morris Reservoir Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising above the San Gabrie ...
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Mount Morris (disambiguation) Mount Morris may refer to: Places In the United States: * Mount Morris, Illinois * Mount Morris, Michigan * Mount Morris (New York), a mountain * Mount Morris (town), New York ** Mount Morris (village), New York * Mount Morris, Pennsylvania * ...


Ships

* , various ships * USCS ''Morris'', a survey ship with the United States Coast Survey in service from 1849 to 1855 * ''Mr. Morris'' former USS ''AFDM-2'' an
Auxiliary floating drydock An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under a ship in need of repair below the water line. Water is then pumped out of the floating dry dock, r ...
in Port Arthur, Texas


Companies

* Morris & Co., a company manufacturing items of decorative art * Morris & Company, an early 20th century meatpacking company *
Morris Air Morris Air was a low-fare airline in the western United States, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It began scheduled operations in 1992, and was sold to Southwest Airlines in December 1993 for over $120 million in stock. The airline officially became ...
, a former low-fare airline, now part of Southwest Airlines *
Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...
, an American publishing company *
Morris Motors Morris Motors Limited was a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company formed in 1919 to take over the assets of William Morris's WRM Motors Limited and continue production of the same vehicles. By 1926 its production represent ...
, a former British car manufacturer *
Morris Multimedia Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...
, an American publishing company


People

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Morris (given name) Morris is a given name in English and other languages. Notable persons with that name include: People with the mononym :''This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name'' *Morris, one of the 14 Tribes of Galway, Ireland *Morris ...
, a first name (including a list of people with the name) *
Morris (surname) Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. The surname ranked 53 out of 88,799 in the United States and 32 out of 500 in England and Wales. Origins Britain In England and Scotland, the ...
, a family name (including a list of people with the name) * Lord Morris (disambiguation), various people and titles * Morris, one of the 14 merchant families known as the
Tribes of Galway The Tribes of Galway ( ga, Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families ...
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Morris family (disambiguation) Morris family may refer to: * Morris family of Morrisania and New Jersey * Morris family of Illinois and Ohio * Morris family of Pennsylvania and New York * Morris family of Ohio * one of the 14 merchant families known as the Tribes of Galway ...
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Morris (cartoonist) Maurice De Bevere (; ; 1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and the creator of ''Lucky Luke,'' a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West. ...
, pseudonym for the Belgian cartoonist Maurice De Bevere (1923–2001) * Morris (singer), stage name of Romanian singer Marius Iancu (born 1976)


Other uses

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Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
, a defunct canal which once transported coal across northern New Jersey *
Morris station Morris station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway station in Morris, Illinois. Unlike many old stations, the depot is still standing on the south side of the track just west of Illinois Route 47, Route 47.Morris the Cat Morris the Cat is the advertising mascot for 9Lives (cat food), 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials since the 1970s. Description A large orange tabby cat, tabby cat#Nomenclature and etymo ...
, mascot of the "9Lives" brand cat food * the title character of '' Morris the Midget Moose'', a Walt Disney animated short * Morris Chair, an early type of reclining chair * Morris College, a private liberal arts college in Sumter, South Carolina * Morris High School (disambiguation) *
Morris Museum (disambiguation) *Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey established in 1943 *Morris Museum of Art The Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia was established in 1985 as a non-profit foundation by William S. Morris III, publisher of The Augusta Chronicle, in memo ...
* Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana, on the National Register of Historic Places *
Morris Bridge The Morris Bridge is a bridge over the Illinois River completed in late 2002, replacing an older bridge built in 1934., p. 162 References

Bridges completed in 2002 Transportation buildings and structures in Grundy County, Illinois Bridge ...
, over the Illinois River at Morris, Illinois *
Morris dance Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may ...
, a traditional English dance form * Morris worm, one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet


See also

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Three men's morris Three men's morris is an abstract strategy game played on a three by three board (counting lines) that is similar to tic-tac-toe. It is also related to six men's morris and nine men's morris. A player wins by forming a mill, that is, three of thei ...
, a board game that may have existed in Egypt as early as 1400 BCE *
Nine men's morris Nine men's Morris is a strategy board game for two players dating at least to the Roman Empire. The game is also known as nine-man morris, mill, mills, the mill game, merels, merrills, merelles, marelles, morelles, and ninepenny marl in English. ...
, a board game that emerged from the Roman Empire, and the variant six men's morris *
Eleven men's morris ''Morabaraba'' is a traditional two-player strategy board game played in South Africa and Botswana with a slightly different variation played in Lesotho. The game is known by many names in many languages, including ''mlabalaba'', ''mmela'' (in ...
, a European variation of Morabaraba that uses the same board but is played with eleven counters *
Twelve men's morris ''Morabaraba'' is a traditional two-player Abstract strategy, strategy board game played in South Africa and Botswana with a slightly different variation played in Lesotho. The game is known by many names in many languages, including ''mlabalaba ...
, a board game similar to Morabaraba *
Maurice (disambiguation) Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor * Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and L ...
* Morrice *
Morriston Morriston (; cy, Treforys ) is a Community (Wales), community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston (electoral ward), Morriston ward. It is the largest community in Swansea county. Morriston is sometimes ref ...
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Morristown (disambiguation) Morristown may refer to: Places Canada *Morristown, Nova Scotia (disambiguation) United States *Morristown, Arizona *Morristown, Indiana ** Morristown station (Indiana) *Morristown, Minnesota ** Morristown Township, Rice County, Minnesota *Morrist ...
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Morrisville (disambiguation) Morrisville may refer to: * Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States * Morrisville, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States * Morrisville, Missouri, United States * Morrisville, New York, United States * Morrisville, Newfoundland a ...
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