Mora

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece)
2. (historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)

Concepten

Peloponnesos

Mora

Vertalingen

Peloponnes

Mora

Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου

Μωρέας

Μωριάς

Mora

Peloponnese

Morea

Mora

Morée

Mora

Morea

Morea

Mora

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: موره

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish موره (Mora), 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.