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Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese mouro (“Moor”). Compare Spanish moro.
Pronunciation
Noun
môro
- Marathi (person from Maharashtra)
- môro-chut ― a Sikh
- a Muslim
- Synonym: ach'á
- (by extension) any non-Christian Indian (person from India)
- puliça-môro ― Indian soldier formerly recruited from Goa, Damao and Diu to serve in Macao's police force
- carí di móro ― Indian curry
Usage notes
- môro-chut, rather than a formation from môro, may instead be borrowed from Cantonese 摩囉差／摩啰差 (mo1 lo1 caa1) or at least influenced by it. Otherwise, the etymology of chut is unclear.
- In sense 2, probably not derogatory, where ach'á may be. In addition, most likely describes all Muslims, not specifically South Asian ones (although in the context of Macau, extremely few Muslims hail from elsewhere).
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