Morea
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English
Etymology
From Latin and Italian Morea, from Byzantine Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, “mulberry”) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.
Proper noun
Morea
- (archaic) Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece, particularly (historical) under Turkish rule.
- 1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:
- [...] and south to the towns of Pyrgos, from which a branch runs to Olympia, and Kyparissia, on the west coast of Morea.
- (historical) A former polity in Europe.
- (historical) An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
Derived terms
Translations
Ottoman-era Peloponnese
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Italian
Proper noun
Morea f
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Venetan
Proper noun
Morea f
Walloon
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Morea
- a surname