Moor

See also: moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Etymology

From French More, Maure, from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Noun

Moor (plural Moors)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
  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.).

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • Morris dancing
  • White Moor

Translations
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Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːɐ̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Mohr
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Moor n (genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

  1. marsh, mire, bog
  2. (Hochmoor) moor
  3. (Flachmoor) fen

Declension
Declension of Moor
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Moor die Moore
genitive eines des Moores,
Moors		 der Moore
dative einem dem Moor,
Moore1		 den Mooren
accusative ein das Moor die Moore
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
Hyponyms of Moor
  • Anmoor
  • Armmoor
    Sauer-Armmoor
  • Durchströmungsmoor
  • Hangmoor
  • Hochmoor
  • Kesselmoor
  • Niedermoor
  • Quellmoor
  • Regenmoor
  • Reichmoor
  • Überflutungsmoor
  • Übergangsmoor
  • Verlandungsmoor
  • Versumpfungsmoor
  • wurzelechtes Hochmoor
  • Zwischenmoor
    Basen-Zwischenmoor
    Kalk-Zwischenmoor
    Sauer-Zwischenmoor

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Moor in Duden online
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