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Murr

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Murr may refer to:

Geography

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Fiction

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  • representation of the purring sound of felids, e.g. in comics
  • Tomcat Murr, protagonist of the novel The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, written by E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Tomcat Murr, character in the books about the adventures of hedgehog Mecki, mascot of the German television magazine Hörzu

Economy

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  • Murr Television, marketed and widely known as MTV Lebanon, a Lebanese television station

Science

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  • MURR, nuclear research reactor at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri

People with the surname

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  • Andrew Murr, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Kimble County
  • Charles T. Murr, Roman Catholic priest and author
  • Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733–1811), polymathic German scholar
  • Elias Murr, born 1962, Lebanese politician, son of Michel Murr
  • Gabriel Murr, Lebanese politician
  • Heinz Murr (1919–1998), Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
  • James "Murr" Murray (born 1976), American comedian, television star and member of The Tenderloins
  • Josef Murr (1864–1932), Austrian philologist and botanist
  • May Murr (1929–2008), Lebanese historian, writer, poet, and political activist, sister of Michel Murr
  • Michel Murr (1932–2021), Lebanese politician and businessman, father of Elias Murr, brother of May Murr
  • Mohammad Al Murr, born 1960, Dubai short-story writer
  • Naeem Murr, born 1965, British-Lebanese novelist
  • Wilhelm Murr (1888–1945), German Nazi politician

See also

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