moura

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See also: Moura and mourà

Galician

Dolmen known as Casa da moura ("house of the fairy")
Poza da moura ("pond of the fairy")

Etymology

From mouro.

Pronunciation

Adjective

moura

  1. feminine singular of mouro

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

  1. (folklore) fairy, bean sí; otherworldly being associated with water and prehistoric ruins who sometimes takes the form of a woman of long blonde hair and extraordinary beauty, while other times is a woman of extraordinary strength, capable of transporting boulders on her head, and who usually carries a distaff
    Synonyms: encanto, señora, vella

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

  1. Moor woman (female equivalent of mouro)

References

  • “moura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “moura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “moura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Homophone: Moura

Adjective

moura

  1. feminine singular of mouro

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

  1. female equivalent of mouro
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