What is the significance of the name Moriancumer?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The Lord finally brought Jared and his brethren safely to the shores of the ‘great sea which divideth the lands’ (2:13). Here they pitched their tents and named the place ‘Moriancumer.’ Inasmuch as it was quite customary in ancient times—even now at times for that matter—to name a place after the name of the most prominent individual who helped settle it, we may rightly guess that the name of the brother of Jared was Moriancumer” (Sperry, Book of Mormon Compendium, 456).

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