Definitions for merrow
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1. Merrow

   Merrow (from Irish murúch, Middle Irish murdúchann or murdúchu) is a mermaid or merman in Irish folklore. The term is of Hiberno-English origin. The merrows supposedly require a magical cap (Irish: cochaillín draíochta; Hiberno-English: cohuleen druith) in order to travel between deep water and dry land.

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1. Merrow

   Merrow is an Irish-English term for a mermaid or merman. The word appears in two tales set in Ireland published in the 19th century. In Lady of Gollerus, a green-haired beautiful merrow is forced to wed a local Kerry man who deprives her of the "magical cap". And in the The Soul Cages a green-bodied grotesque male merrow entertains a fisherman at his home, displaying a collection of castaway human souls. These tales with commentary were first published in T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends. William Butler Yeats and others writing on the subject borrowed heavily from this work. The latter tale was not genuine folktale but piece invented by Thomas Keightley. A number of other terms in Irish are used to denote a mermaid or sea-nymph, some tracing back to mythological tracts from the medieval to the post-medieval period. The Middle Irish murdúchann is a siren-like creatures encountered by legendary ancestors of the Irish according to the Book of Invasions. This and suire are terms for the mermaid that appear in onomastic tales of the Dindsenchas. A muirgheilt, literally "sea-lunatic", is the term for the mermaid Lí Ban.

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1. MERROW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Merrow is ranked #18804 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Merrow surname appeared 1,457 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Merrow.
   
   94.5% or 1,377 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 35 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
   0.7% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. wormer

How to pronounce merrow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of merrow in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of merrow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrow
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=merrow
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html