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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 bef ...
, place in South Australia


Canada

* Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, 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 ...
, a town mostly surrounded by the municipality * Morris (electoral district), Manitoba (defunct) * Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312, Saskatchewan


United States

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Morris, Alabama Morris is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north of the Birmingham suburb of Gardendale. It initially incorporated on September 19, 1885. At some point after 1910, its incorporation lapsed and it failed to appear on the ...
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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, 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, an unincorporated community * Morris, Minnesota, a city *
Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.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 Vi ...
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Morris (village), New York Morris is a village in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 583 at the 2010 census. The Village of Morris is centrally located in the Town of Morris and is northwest of the City of Oneonta. History The village was o ...
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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 Centr ...
, a city * Morris, Pennsylvania, 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 ...
, an unincorporated community * Morris, Kanawha County, West Virginia, a ghost town * Morris, Wisconsin, a town * Morris Township (disambiguation) ;Counties and other *
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 located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285,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. ...
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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 Gabr ...
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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, ...
in Port Arthur, Texas


Companies

* Morris & Co., a company manufacturing items of decorative art *
Morris & Company Morris and Company, was one of several meatpacking companies in Chicago, Illinois, and in South Omaha, Nebraska. History Morris & Company was founded by Nelson Morris in Chicago. In 1902, with Nelson's son, Edward Morris as president, it agre ...
, an early 20th century meatpacking company * Morris Air, 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 represen ...
, 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, Manit ...
, an American publishing company


People

* Morris (given name), a first name (including a list of people with the name) * Morris (surname), 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 ...
, Ireland * Morris family (disambiguation) *
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 Je ...
, 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 Route 47.
, a former railway station in Morris, Illinois * Morris the Cat, 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 Morris College (MC) is a private, Baptist historically black college in Sumter, South Carolina. It was founded and is operated by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. History Morris College was founded in 190 ...
, a private liberal arts college in Sumter, South Carolina * Morris High School (disambiguation) * Morris Museum (disambiguation) * Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana, on the National Register of Historic Places * Morris 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, a European variation of Morabaraba that uses the same board but is played with eleven counters * Twelve men's morris, a board game similar to Morabaraba * Maurice (disambiguation) * Morrice *
Morriston Morriston (; cy, Treforys ) is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. It is the largest community in Swansea county. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town (e.g. the local f ...
* Morristown (disambiguation) * Morrisville (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo