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mouro.

Moorish

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmowɾo/[ˈmow.ɾʊ]
  1. Moorish

  2. dark colored; dark purple; black

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).

noun/ˈmowɾo/[ˈmow.ɾʊ]
  1. humanoid supernatural being that usually dwells in the netherworld

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).

noun/ˈmowɾo/[ˈmow.ɾʊ]
  1. Moor

    masculine
  2. by extension, an Arab or a Muslim person

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, probably from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).

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