Moor
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)
- (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
- (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.
- (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
- (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
- 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
a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain
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See also
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
Declension
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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