Moor

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

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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.

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 Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Moor (plural Moors)

  1. A surname.
    1. A surname from Irish.
    2. An English surname transferred from the given name.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːr/
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  • Hyphenation: Moor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

Moor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n, feminine Morin)

  1. (historical) A Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, also ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages).
  2. (archaic, offensive) A black person, a negro.

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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

Noun

Moor n (strong, genitive Moores or Moors, 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 rare, see notes.

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Hyponyms

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Further reading

  • “Moor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Moor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Moor” in Duden online
  • Moor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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