Moor

Meaning

Noun

• A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
• 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.
• A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
• A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
• A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Origin

• From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern Maure), from Latin Maurus ("a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania"), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος ("Mauretanian"). Moro.