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'''Moor''' can refer to:
 
'''Moor''' can refer to:
  
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*securing or anchoring a boat
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*securing or [[anchor]]ing a [[boat]]
  
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*stretches of infertile land or bogs in the UK
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*stretches of infertile land or [[bog]]s in the [[UK]]
  
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'''Moor''' is also an archaic word for someone of African or Arabic ancestry, as in "[[Moorish architecture]]" or "The Moor of Venice", which is referring to [[Othello]], a Shakespearean character.
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'''Moor''' is also an archaic word for someone of [[African]] or [[Arabic]] ancestry, as in "Moorish [[architecture]]" or "The Moor of [[Venice]]", which refers to [[Othello]], a [[Shakespeare]]an character.
  
 
[[Category:Ethnicities]][[Category:Marine]]
 
[[Category:Ethnicities]][[Category:Marine]]

Latest revision as of 07:55, April 28, 2010

Moor can refer to:

  • stretches of infertile land or bogs in the UK

Moor is also an archaic word for someone of African or Arabic ancestry, as in "Moorish architecture" or "The Moor of Venice", which refers to Othello, a Shakespearean character.