Morea

See also: morea, mórea, and möreä

English

Etymology

From Latin and Italian Morea, from Byzantine Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, “mulberry”) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.

Proper noun

Morea

1. (archaic) Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece, particularly (historical) under Turkish rule.
   • 1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:

     [...] and south to the towns of Pyrgos, from which a branch runs to Olympia, and Kyparissia, on the west coast of Morea.

2. (historical) A former polity in Europe.
3. (historical) An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.

Derived terms

• Moreot

Translations

Ottoman-era Peloponnese

• Armenian: Մորեա (Morea)
• French: Morée (fr) f
• Greek: Μωρέας (el) f (Moréas), Μωριάς (el) f (Moriás)
• Italian: Morea f
• Latin: Morea f
• Ottoman Turkish: موره (Mora)
• Portuguese: Moreia f
• Turkish: Mora

See also

• Moria

Anagrams

• EAROM, Eramo, Maore, amero, morae

Italian

Proper noun

Morea f

1. Morea

Anagrams

• Amore, Eramo, Ormea, amerò, amore

Venetian

Proper noun

Morea f

1. Peloponnese

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ˈʀja/

Proper noun

Morea

1. a surname