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Moore
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moore Mooré Appendix:Variations of "mor"
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
en RP
en /mʊə/ non-pour-poor
en /mɔː/ pour-poor
en /moː/ SSB
en /mʊɹ/ GA
en en-us-moor.ogg Southern California
en /mʉɾ/ [mʉːɾ] Scotland
en ɔː(ɹ) ʊə(ɹ) 1
en moor
Proper noun
Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
en village bor/Halton co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ5784. Parish map (Cheshire)
en English,Irish, similarly derived.
en Dan Whitworth Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-11258407 2010-09-10 Twenty-six-year-old Josh Moore was banned because officials said he'd broken Xbox's code of conduct by saying he lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia - a name branded offensive by the company. https://web.archive.org/web/20250402220003/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-11258407
en Edward-Isaac Dovere Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html 2024-02-07 On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218130429/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html
A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
en rural town and locality in r:Suf/Somerset s/Queensland c/Australia.
en number of places c/USA:
en minor city co/Butte County s/Idaho.
en ucomm co/DeKalb County s/Indiana.
en town co/Fergus County s/Montana.
en locality twp:Suf/Hopewell co/Mercer County s/New Jersey.
en city co/Cleveland County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Northampton County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Spartanburg County s/South Carolina.
en ucomm/and/CDP co/Frio County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Emery County s/Utah.
en extinct town co/Chelan County s/Washington.
en ucomm co/Tucker County s/West Virginia.
en More a Volta-Congo language.
Derived terms
en Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm Eilenberg-Moore category Moore bound Moore County Moore Creek Moore graph Moore Haven Moore machine Moore neighborhood Moore neighbourhood Moore Park Moore's law Moorean Moorefield Mooreland Moorestown Moorfields
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Moore is the 18th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724,374 individuals. Moore is most common among White (66.4%) and Black/African American (27.7%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en emoor Romeo Roome mooer roome
en surnames from Middle English
French
Etymology
fr :bor en:Moore
fr en Moore.
Pronunciation
mour mor
Proper noun
fr English
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈmoːʁə/
de De-Moore.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de More
Noun
de noun form
de Moor nom//acc//gen p
de archaic de Moor dat s