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Moor
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moor мөөг Appendix:Variations of "mor"
English
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Pronunciation
en /mɔː/ /mʊə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moor.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moor2.wav Southern England
en /mʊɹ/ /mɔɹ/ GA
en ɔː(ɹ) ʊə(ɹ) 1
Etymology 1
From en enm More, enm Moore, from en fro More (modern fr Maure), from en la Maurus a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania, from en grc Μαυρούσιος Mauretanian. en Moro.
Noun
en historical A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
en 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.
1 iii 50 [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary,How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
en archaic A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
en 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.).
Derived terms
en Black Moor Mooress Moorish Moorman morris morris dancing White Moor
Translations
a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
Asturian: ast moru m
Belarusian: be маўр m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩爾人 Mó'ěrrén
Czech: cs Maur m
Danish: da maurer c
Dutch: nl Moor m
Esperanto: eo maŭro
Estonian: et maur
Faroese: fo móri m
Finnish: fi mauri
French: fr Maure m f
German: de Maure m, de Maurin f, de Mohr m, de Mohrin f
Greek: el Μαυριτανός m
Hindi: hi मूर m
Hungarian: hu mór
Icelandic: is mári m
Italian: it moro m
Japanese: ja ムーア人 mūajin
Korean: ko 무어인
Macedonian: mk Мавр m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb maurer m
Nynorsk: nn maurar m
Phoenician: phn 𐤌𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤍 m Mahurin
Polish: pl Maur m
Portuguese: pt mouro, pt moiro
Romanian: ro maur m
Russian: ru мавр m
Spanish: es moro m
Swedish: sv mor c
Ukrainian: uk мавр m
a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
Czech: cs Maur m
Danish: da maurer c
Dutch: nl Moor
Esperanto: eo maŭro
Faroese: fo móri m
Finnish: fi mauri
French: fr Maure m f
Middle French: frm More m
German: de Maure m, de Maurin f, de Mohr m, de Mohrin f
Greek: el Μαυριτανός m
Hindi: hi मूर m
Hungarian: hu mór
Icelandic: is mári m
Italian: it moro m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb maurer m
Nynorsk: nn maurar m
Polish: pl Maur m
Portuguese: pt mouro, pt moiro
Romanian: ro maur m
Russian: ru мавр m
Spanish: es moro m
Swedish: sv mor c
Romanian: ro Maur
Slovak: sk Mavri
Spanish: es Moro
See also
en Morian
Etymology 2
Proper noun
s
en.
en Irish.
en English given names.
Anagrams
en moor Moro Romo room
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum moor, from nl fro maure, from nl la Maurus, from nl grc Μαῦρος.
Pronunciation
nl /moːr/
nl Nl-Moor.ogg
nl Moor
nl oːr
Noun
m -en + Morin
nl historical a en Moor member of a Berber people from western North Africa, also ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages
nl archaic offensive a black person, a negro
Derived terms
nl moor
nl moorkop
nl Moors
nl Morenland
nl moriaan
Descendants
af Moor
German
Etymology
From de gml mōr, gml mūr, from de osx mōr, from de gem-pro *mōraz, from de ine-pro -. Compare nl moer, en moor.
Pronunciation
de /moːɐ̯/
de De-Moor.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Mohr
de oːɐ̯ 1
Noun
n,(e)s
marsh, mire, bog
(Hochmoor) moor
(Flachmoor) fen
Declension
n,(e)s
Synonyms
de Fenn
Hypernyms
de Lebensraum
Hyponyms
3 hypo
de Anmoor
de Armmoor
de Sauer-Armmoor
de Durchströmungsmoor
de Hangmoor
de Hochmoor
de Kesselmoor
de Niedermoor
de Quellmoor
de Regenmoor
de Reichmoor
de Überflutungsmoor
de Übergangsmoor
de Verlandungsmoor
de Versumpfungsmoor
de wurzelechtes Hochmoor
de Zwischenmoor
de Basen-Zwischenmoor
de Kalk-Zwischenmoor
de Sauer-Zwischenmoor
Derived terms
de Flachmoor Hochmoor Moorboden Moorbrand Mooreidechse Moorente Moorerde Moorfrosch Moorgebiet Moorhuhn moorig Moorkolonie Moorleiche Moorpackung Moorpflanze Moorschneehuhn Moorsiedlung Regenmoor Zwischenmoor
Related terms
de Moorhuhnjagd
Further reading
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