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Morgan is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of several places. The surname Morgan is of Welsh origin, meaning "of the sea", and is a popular family name in that country. Many Welsh families emigrated to Australia and the USA, thus many founding families in those countries carried the surname Morgan, which is reflected in a number of place names. The name, in female form Morgana, is given to a principal in the legends about King Arthur. See also Morganic or Morganatic marriage.

As a first name


As a surname

Horse Breed

An agile fast breed of horse used to rope cattle [5].

Places

USA

There are also:

Australia

Other uses of the name

References cited

Abella, Alex 2000 The Great American: A Novel. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743205480

Crawford, Donald 1997 Michael and Natasha. Scribner. ISBN 0684834308

Pope, Dudley 2001 Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1684 House of Stratus ISBN 1842324829

Strouse, Jean 2000 Morgan: American Financier. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 0060955899


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. The true folk-astronomical definitions of east and west are "the directions, a right angle from the prime direction, that are closest to the rising and setting, respectively, of the sun (or moon). ISBN: 0060955899. Reasonably accurate folk astronomy, such as is usually attributed to Stone Age Celts, would arrive at east and west by noting the directions of rising and setting (preferably more than once each) and choosing as prime direction one of the two mutually opposite directions that lie halfway between those two. Harper Perennial. Except on the Equator, however, these definitions, taken together, would imply that. Strouse, Jean 2000 Morgan: American Financier. Their folk definitions are, respectively, "where the sun rises" and "where it sets".

Pope, Dudley 2001 Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1684 House of Stratus ISBN 1842324829. It is worth noting that while the choice of north over south as prime direction reflects quite arbitrary historical factors, east and west are not nearly as natural alternatives as first glance might suggest. ISBN 0684834308. "Perhaps this was because the better-known places in his world were in the northern hemisphere, and on a flat map these were most convenient for study if they were in the upper right-hand corner," historian Daniel Boorstin. Scribner. The notion that north should always be up and east at the right was established by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD). Crawford, Donald 1997 Michael and Natasha. On the contrary, it is of interest that Chinese culture ever considered south as the proper top end for maps.
In Western culture (unless making a point about harmful effects, or the arbitrary nature, of boreocentrism):.

ISBN 0743205480. Thus the choice of the north as corresponding to up in the northern hemisphere, or of south in that role in the southern, is, prior to world-wide communication, anything but an arbitrary one. Simon & Schuster. The visible rotation of the night sky about the visible celestial pole provides a vivid metaphor of that direction corresponding to up. Abella, Alex 2000 The Great American: A Novel. But simple generalizations on the subject should be treated as unsound, and as likely to reflect popular misconceptions about terrestrial magnetism. Australia. For many purposes and physical circumstances, the error in direction that results from ignoring the distinction is tolerable; in others a mental or instrument compensation, based on assumed knowledge of the applicable declination, can solve all the problems.

There are also:. The difference between it and true north is called the magnetic declination (or simply the declination where the context is clear). USA. Magnetic north is of interest because it is the direction indicated as north on a properly functioning (but uncorrected) magnetic compass. An agile fast breed of horse used to rope cattle [5]. (Presumably a natural primitive description of its concept is "to the left of the rising sun".).
. The word north is traced to the Old High German nord, and the Proto-Indo-European unit ner-, meaning "left" (or "under").

. North can mean:.
. . See also Morganic or Morganatic marriage. North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the northern edge of the territory represented, unless explicitly stated otherwise or landmarks are considered more useful for that territory than specific directions. The name, in female form Morgana, is given to a principal in the legends about King Arthur. they would each move slightly from day to day and, in the temperate zones, markedly over the course of the year.

Many Welsh families emigrated to Australia and the USA, thus many founding families in those countries carried the surname Morgan, which is reflected in a number of place names. east and west would not be 180 degrees apart, but instead would differ from that by up to twice the degrees of latitude of the location in question, and. The surname Morgan is of Welsh origin, meaning "of the sea", and is a popular family name in that country. occasionally with a compass rose, but if so, usually on a map with north at the top and usually with north decorated more prominently than any other compass point. Morgan is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of several places. occasionally with a single arrow oriented to the map's representation of magnetic north, or two arrows oriented to true and magnetic north respectively,. Morgan, Mariah Carey's Older Brother. usually with a single arrow oriented to the map's representation of true north,.

Ru Fe Morgan is a fictional character in the anime/manga Oh My Goddess!. Maps are usually labelled to indicate which direction on the map corresponds to a direction on the earth,

    . Morgan Industries, one of the factions in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri led by Nwabudike Morgan. Globes of the earth have the North Pole at the top, or if the earth's axis is represented as inclined from vertical (normally by the angle it has relative to the axis of the earth's orbit), in the top half. Nwabudike Morgan, a fictional character in the computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Maps tend to be drawn for viewing with either true north or magnetic north at the top (page layout). Captain Morgan, famous rum. Up is a metaphor for north.

    Morgan sea gypsies, seafaring minority ethnic group in the Andaman Sea. pertaining to the part of a route mainly or exclusively used by northbound traffic, where southbound traffic is separated by barriers, or where both are encouraged to stay mostly in one portion by rules of the road; often termed "northbound". Centimorgan, unit of recombinant frequency in genetics. the orientation of a traveller with respect to a visible or otherwise definite continuous two-way route, such that sustained travel over the whole of the route produces a change of position to a location further north, even if that involves travelling a part of the route in another direction, even straight south; often termed "northbound". Morgan le Fay, antagonist of Arthur of Britain. a loosely specified direction, usually within half a right angle of true north, especially when stating travel instructions in an area where directions of travel are constrained by an approximately rectangular grid of streets, hallways, etc.; this is often called 'grid north' or 'plan north'. Morgan State University, university in Baltimore, Maryland. magnetic north, the direction along the earth's surface in which horizontal magnetic field strength has its most positive value (but see Flipping of planetary magnetic poles for an eventual event, so rare as to make unlikely any advance agreement on whether one or two retronyms would be involved in the replacement terminology).

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    William Morgan (Bible translator), 16th century translator of the Bible. Trevor Morgan (EastEnders), character in the British soap opera EastEnders. Trevor Morgan (actor), United States actor. Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist.

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