Moor

See also moor, mor, mór, and mör

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

French More, Maure; from the Latin Maurus, a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania. Webster 1913 also says: Ancient Greek Μαῦρος; confer μαῦρος black, dark. Confer {Morris} a dance, {Morocco}. Morris dance is from the Middle English moreys daunce, “Moorish dance”. The Moroccan connection is doubtful, as Morocco is from Marrakech, itself from the Berber murt 'n akush, “the country of God”.

Noun

Moor (plural Moors)

1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Numidia.
2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
3. (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
4. (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Translations

A member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people

Dutch: Moor (nl) Esperanto: maŭro (eo) Estonian: maur (et) Finnish: mauri (fi) French: Maure (fr) m. German: Maure (de) m., Mohr (de) m.

Hungarian: mór (hu) Polish: Maur (pl) m. Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt) Russian: мавр (ru) (mavr) m. Swedish: mor (sv) c.

A member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain

Dutch: Moor (nl) Esperanto: maŭro (eo) Finnish: mauri (fi) French: Maure (fr) m. German: Maure (de) m., Mohr (de) m.

Hungarian: mór (hu) Polish: Maur (pl) m. Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt) Russian: мавр (ru) (mavr) m. Swedish: mor (sv) c.

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Romanian: Maur (ro)

Slovak: Mavri (sl) Spanish: Moro (es)

Derived terms

• Moorish
• Black Moor
• White Moor
• Morris dancing
• morris

Anagrams

• Moro
• room

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːɐ̯/
• Homophone: Mohr

Noun

Moor n. (genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

1. moor, moorland, swamp, swampland

Declension

declension of Moor

	singular			plural
n. gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Moor	die	Moore
genitive	eines	des	Moores, Moors	der	Moore
dative	einem	dem	Moor, Moore (archaic)	den	Mooren
accusative	ein	das	Moor	die	Moore