Moor

Meaning

Noun

1. A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
2. 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. A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
4. 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 Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Name

1. A surname.
2. A surname.

Synonyms

quagmire

marsh

swale

swamp

morass

Mauritania

🇲🇷

mire

slough

African

black man

bayou

bog

fen

glade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔː/

Etymology

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.