# Moresby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,365

## Definitions
1. A civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9821).
2. A rural town and locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
3. A locality north-east of Geraldton in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia.
4. A surname.

## Etymology
The Cumbrian settlement was recorded as Moresceby c.1160, the farmstead or village of a man called Maurice + -by.

## Easily confused with
- **Mosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moresby-vs-mosby)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mores-vs-moresby)
- **modesty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modesty-vs-moresby)

## Common misspellings (11)
`mmoresby`, `moersby`, `morebsy`, `moresbby`, `moresbyy`, `moressby`, `moresyb`, `morresby`, `morseby`, `mroesby`, `omresby`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moresby