testa di moro

Italian

Flag of Corsica (sense 1)

(sense 4), here cruz.

(sense 6)

(sense 1), shoes in such colour

Etymology

Compare French tête de Maure, tête-de-nègre, Spanish cabeza de moro.

Noun

testa di moro f (plural teste di moro)

2. (heraldry) Moor's head (eg. in Sardinia and Corsica's flags)
3. Edam (Dutch cheese)

   Synonym: edam

4. Synonym of capo di moro
6. (nautical) metal binding connecting the upper end of the bigger trunk with the lower end of the smaller one, also holding the yard

   (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

8. (cooking) a dessert of Neapolitan cuisine
10. a ceramic vase depicting a Moor made in Sicily

Noun

testa di moro m (uncountable)

2. (chiefly fashion) a variety of dark brown

Adjective

testa di moro (invariable)

1. dark brown

References

• testa di moro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

• (sense 1): testa di moro (araldica) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• (sense 5): testa di moro (dolce) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• (sense 6): testa di moro (vaso) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• (sense 1): testa di moro (colore) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it