/ˈmowɾo/, [ˈmow.ɾʊ]
OrixeInherited 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”).
- Moorish
- dark colored; dark purple; black
“Ena çidade d'Ourense, des e sete dias do mes de desenbro, Ano Domini Mo CCCC L VIII anos, ena praça do Canpo, estando y presentes Gonçaluo Lopes, Gonçaluo Peres de Reqeixo, juises da dita çidade, Vaas” — At the city of Ourense, seventeen days of December, Anno Domini 1458, at the Praza de Campo square; being present there Gonzalvo López, Gonzalvo Pérez de Requeixo, judges of this city; Vasco Gómez, Xo
- masculineMoor
- masculineby extension, an Arab or a Muslim person
“era a guerra conos mouros tam grande et tam cotiaa” — the war with the Moors [Muslims from Andalusia] was so large and so persistent
- masculinehumanoid supernatural being that usually dwells in the netherworld
Formasmoura(feminine) · mouros(masculine, plural) · mouras(feminine, plural) · mouros(plural)