摩尔斯 (Mó'ěrsī): Morse (surname)

摩尔斯 transliterates the surname Morse, almost always referring to Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), American inventor of the telegraph and co-developer of Morse code. The fixed compound 摩尔斯电码 (Morse code) is the most common context. Less commonly it can refer to British detective fiction's Inspector Morse (《摩尔斯探长》).

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Phonetic mapping: 摩 (mó) = 'Mor-', 尔 (ěr) = '-r-', 斯 (sī) = '-se'. The apostrophe in Mó'ěrsī marks that the second syllable starts with ě (a vowel), preventing misreading.