Moor
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 荒野;旷野
- Moor: 摩尔人.
- v.
- 系住;停泊
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演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 More
- 源自 ←古法语 More
- 源自 ←拉丁语 Maurus “a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”
- 源自 ←古希腊语 Μαυρούσιος “Mauretanian”
词源说明
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.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
- (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
- (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
- (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
- A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic
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释义(英文)
专有名词 Proper noun
- A surname.