mouro.
Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)
Meaning & usage
Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)
relative to Lisbon or the South of Portugal
Muslim; Islamic
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.
Moor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)
Moor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)
a Muslim of any ethnicity; Mussulman
a Lisboner or from the South of Portugal
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.
synonym of mouro encantado
Where this word comes from
From Paleo-Hispanic.
first-person singular present indicative of mourar
Where this word comes from
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