Moray
Moray is a county in the northeast of Scotland, with Aberdeenshire to its south and east, and Highland region west. It's bounded to the north by the Moray Firth, an arm of the North Sea. It's mostly rural, and in 2019 had a population of 95,520.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Elgin and Dufftown.
Dufftown
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Forres.
Moray
- Type: registration county with 67,600 residents
- Description: historic and registration county of Scotland
- Also known as: “Conte di Moray”, “County of Moray”, “Elgin”, “Elgin and Forres”, “Elginshire”, “Moireibh”, “Morayshire”, “Signore di Moray”, “エルギンシャー”, and “マレーカウンティ”
- Categories: shire of Scotland and historic county of the United Kingdom
- Location: North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of center
57.4167° or 57° 25′ north
Longitude of center
-3.25° or 3° 15′ west
Population
67,600
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Moray” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Comtat de Moray”
- Chinese: “马里郡”
- Czech: “Morayshire”
- Dutch: “County of Moray”
- French: “Morayshire”
- German: “Moray”
- German: “Morayshire”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Mhoireibh”
- Italian: “Contea di Moray”
- Japanese: “モレイシャー”
- Kurdish: “Morayshire”
- Latin: “Elginensis”
- Latvian: “Mari (grāfiste)”
- Latvian: “Mari”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Morefscīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Mōrifsċīr”
- Polish: “Moray”
- Russian: “Морей”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Mhoireibh”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Moray”
- Slovenian: “Morayshire”
- Urdu: “کاؤنٹی آف مورے”
- Venetian: “contea de Moray”
- Welsh: “Swydd Moray”
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