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Moor

Translations

Moorproper noun

Capitalized form “Moor” referring to a member of a historical North-African Muslim people.

Synonyms

Mauri

Saracen

North African Muslim

Muslim of the Maghreb

Maghrebi

Definitions

moorproper noun

A member of the Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab origin who historically inhabited North Africa and, from the 8th to the 15th centuries, parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Moors introduced sophisticated irrigation systems to southern Spain.