Morea
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editMorea
- (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
editTranslations
editOttoman-era Peloponnese
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editItalian
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editVenetian
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Walloon
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editMorea
- a surname
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