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Loch Moy Loch Moy (from the Scottish Gaelic ''Loch A'Mhoigh'' meaning the Loch of the Plain) is a freshwater loch beside the village of Moy, Highland, Moy near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. History There is an island on the loch called the Isle of ...
, a loch south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland **
Moy, Highland The village of Moy () is situated between the villages of Daviot and Tomatin, in the Highland region of Scotland. It sits beside Loch Moy and used to have a railway station on the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway. On 16 February 1746 ...
, a village beside Loch Moy **
Moy Hall Moy Hall near the village of Moy, south of Inverness, is the home of the chiefs of the Clan Mackintosh, a Highland Scottish clan. History The original Moy Hall was built in about 1700 to replace Moy Castle which was on Moy Island on Loch Moy. ...
, also near the loch and the ancestral home of the chiefs of Clan Mackintosh **
Rout of Moy The village of Moy () is situated between the villages of Daviot and Tomatin, in the Highland region of Scotland. It sits beside Loch Moy and used to have a railway station on the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway. On 16 February 1746 Ch ...
, an event in the Jacobite rising of 1745 * Glen Moy, a glen in
Glen Clova The Five Glens of Angus are the five Highland glens located in the western portion of the Angus region of Scotland. The five glens are, from west to east: Glen Isla Drained by the River Isla. Glen Prosen Drained by the Prosen Water. Glen C ...
, north of Forfar, Scotland ** A
raspberry The raspberry is the edible fruit of several plant species in the genus ''Rubus'' of the Rosaceae, rose family, most of which are in the subgenus ''Rubus#Modern classification, Idaeobatus''. The name also applies to these plants themselves. Ras ...
, cultivar named after this glen * Moy, a hamlet, hunting lodge and forest west of
Loch Laggan Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately west of Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately in length. It has an average depth of and is at its ...
, Highland, Scotland *
Moy Castle Note: Not to be confused with Moy Castle in Inverness on Loch Moy, the previous home of the Clan Mackintosh Chiefs. Moy Castle is a ruined castle near Lochbuie on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The site is now a scheduled monument. History The ...
, ancestral home of the Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie in Scotland *
Moy, County Tyrone Moy () is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland about southeast of Dungannon and beside the smaller village of Charlemont, County Armagh, Charlemont. Charlemont is on the east bank of the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, ...
, a village in Northern Ireland *
River Moy The River Moy () is a river in the west of Ireland. Name Ptolemy's ''Geography'' (2nd century AD) described a river called Λιβνιου (''Libniu'', perhaps from *''lei''- "flow"), which probably referred to the River Moy. The Moy is first ...
, a river which runs through County Sligo and County Mayo in Ireland *
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne Moÿ-de-l'Aisne () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Demographics See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 796 communes in the French department of Aisne. ...
, a comune in northern France *
Moy House (disambiguation) Moy House may refer to: * Moy House, County Clare, an 18th-century house, now run as a hotel, in County Clare, Ireland * Moy House, Moray, a ruined mansion in Moray, Scotland, designed by John Adam {{disambiguation ...


People

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Moy (surname) Moy is a surname which may refer to: * Hendrik de Moy (1534–1610), Secretary *Mei Bo (sometimes ''Moy Bo''), an official of the Shang Dynasty * Lexton Moy (born 1985), American soccer player of Chinese and Filipino heritage *Matthew Moy (born 198 ...
, a list of people so named *
Mei (surname) Mei () is a romanized spelling of a Chinese surname, transcribed in the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect. In Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions, the name may be transliterated as Mui or Moy.Louie, Emma Woo: "Chinese American Names"., p ...
, a Chinese surname which can be transliterated as Moy, including a list of people *
Moy Shmull Moy Shmull is a Palauan spearfisher. Career He won gold in the individual spearfishing event at the 2010 Micronesian Games. At the subsequent 2014 Micronesian Games, Shmull lost second place to Guamanian Ray Flores as one of the fish that he ...
, Palauan spearfisher *
Mooy Lambert Lambert Hendriksz ( – 17 March 1625) was a Dutch vice admiral. He is usually referred to by his nickname, Mooy Lambert ("Beautiful Lambert"). Biography Lambert served under Willem de Zoete and Jacob van Heemskerk, and was present as a rear admi ...
(died 1625), Dutch vice admiral


Other uses

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Moy (salt) A moy was a measure for salt, used in British colonial North America. It amounted to about 15 bushels. It likely derives from the Portuguese '' moio'' and the trade in salt between North America and the Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially ...
– A measure for salt used in colonial British North America * HMS ''Moy'' (1904), a Royal Navy destroyer launched in 1905 * ''Moy'' (ship), an iron sailing ship launched in 1885 *
Moy Racing Moy Racing, formerly PRW Racing and Bobby Jones Racing, was an auto racing team owned by former Ford Motor Company employee Joseph Reilly which fielded entries in the NASCAR Busch Series. Drivers who piloted the Moy Racing Ford include Jimmy Kitch ...
, a defunct NASCAR auto racing team * "Moy", a series of
virtual pet A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment, or as an alternative to a real pet. Digital pets have no conc ...
games by Frojo Apps


See also

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Moi (disambiguation) Moi or MOI may refer to: People * Moi (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Moisés Delgado (born 1994), Spanish footballer commonly known as simply Moi * Moisés Rodríguez (born 1997), Spanish footballer commonly known as ...
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Mooy (disambiguation) Mooy (from Middle Dutch: ''mooy'', meaning ''beautiful'', ''pretty'') is a Dutch surname that may refer to the following notable people: * Aaron Mooy (born 1990), Australian footballer of Dutch origin * Adrianus Mooy (born 1936), Indonesian economi ...
* Moye (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo