MORGAN


Meaning of MORGAN in English

I . Morgan™

a type of sports car made by the small British car company Morgan and first produced in 1935. All models have a wooden frame and each car takes a long time to make. As a result, customers have to wait for as long as 4 years to receive cars they have ordered.

II . Henry Morgan

( c. 1635–88)

a Welsh sailor and pirate who operated mainly in the Caribbean . In 1671 he fought against the Spanish and in 1674 he captured Panama. The same year he was made a knight .

III . J Pierpoint Morgan

( John Pierpoint Morgan 1837–1913)

a powerful US industrial leader and financier who established the United States Steel Corporation and had interests in many other areas of business, including railways and shipping. Morgan had become a partner in his father’s bank in 1871 and in 1895 he named it J P Morgan and Company. He gave his large art collection to New York’s Museum of Modern Art .

IV . Rhodri Morgan

(1939– )

a Welsh Labour politician who became a Member of Parliament for Cardiff in 1997 and First Minister of the Welsh Assembly in 2000.

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