Moor

See also: moor and мөөг

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From French More, Maure, from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), possibly from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Mauros), μαυρός (mauros, “black, dark”), an aphetic form of ἀμαυρός (amauros, “dark, obscure”)

NounEdit

Moor (plural Moors)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Numidia.
  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 language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

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Moor n (genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

  1. moor, moorland, swamp, swampland

DeclensionEdit

declension of Moor
singular plural
n gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Moor die Moore
genitive eines des Moores,
Moors		 der Moore
dative einem dem Moor,
Moore (archaic)		 den Mooren
accusative ein das Moor die Moore

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