Moor en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mʊɹ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mɔɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.
Meanings
- (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
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(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
[King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
- (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
- A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Moorman · Black Moor · morris · White Moor · morris dancing · Moorish
Relateds
Translations (60)
uk мавр (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · es moro (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · cs Maur (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · de Maure (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · fi mauri (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · fr Maure (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · hi मूर (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · ko 무어인 (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · it moro (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · pt moiro (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · frm More (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · de Maurin (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · pt moiro (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · nb maurer (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · sv mor (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · pt mouro (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · mk Мавр (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · is mári (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · fo móri (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · de Maure (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · nb maurer (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · fo móri (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · it moro (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · pl Maur (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · de Maurin (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · ja ムーア人 (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · nl Moor (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · el Μαυριτανός (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · da maurer (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · sv mor (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · be маўр (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · phn 𐤌𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤍 (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · de Mohrin (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · nl Moor (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · ro maur (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · nn maurar (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · eo maŭro (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · cs Maur (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · de Mohr (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · ru мавр (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · hu mór (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · cmn 摩爾人 /摩尔人 (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · fi mauri (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · fr Maure (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · de Mohrin (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · de Mohr (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · hi मूर (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · et maur (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · pt mouro (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · pl Maur (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · ru мавр (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · eo maŭro (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · el Μαυριτανός (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · es moro (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · hu mór (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · ast moru (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · nn maurar (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain) · is mári (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · ro maur (a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people) · da maurer (a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain)