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Etymology 1

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From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, Mauretanian). Doublet of Moro.

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Moor (plural Moors)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
  2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh 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 Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
  5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Moor (plural Moors)

  1. A surname.
    1. A surname from Irish.
    2. An English surname transferred from the given name.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros).

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  • IPA(key): /moːr/
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  • Hyphenation: Moor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

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Moor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n, feminine Morin)

  1. (historical) a Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, also ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages)
  2. (archaic, offensive) a black person, a negro

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.

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Moor n (strong, genitive Moores or Moors, plural Moore)

  1. marsh, mire, bog
  2. (Hochmoor) moor
  3. (Flachmoor) fen

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Further reading

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  • Moor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Moor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Moor” in Duden online
  •   Moor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de