Look up Moor or moor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Moor or Moors may refer to: Moorland, a habitat characterized by low-growing vegetation and acidic...
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The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily...
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The Moor may refer to: Personification of the Moors, in their collective role as a medieval political force The Moor, the core street of The Moor Quarter...
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Othello (redirect from The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice)
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello (/ɒˈθɛloʊ/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice...
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anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship on the water. An anchor mooring fixes a vessel's...
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Black Moor may refer to: Black Moor (musical group), a heavy metal band Black Moor (Rhön), a wetland habitat in Germany Black Telescope goldfish, known...
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The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October...
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D. Moor (Russian: Д. Моор) was the professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov (Russian: Дмитрий Стахиевич Орлов; 3 November 1883 in Novocherkassk –...
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Moorland (redirect from Peat Moors)
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes...
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White Moor may refer to: Beidane, an Arabic term for light-skinned people in Mauritania Harap Alb, a Romanian-language fairy tale Black Moor (disambiguation)...
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De Moor is a Dutch surname. It literally means "the Moor" and probably referred to the harbour master profession (to "moor" a boat). It may have also...
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"On Ilkla Mooar Baht 'at" (Standard English: On Ilkley Moor without a hat) is a folk song from Yorkshire, England. It is sung in the Yorkshire dialect...
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Bodmin Moor (Cornish Standard Written Form: Goon Brenn) is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 208 square kilometres...
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Ilkley Moor is part of Rombalds Moor, the moorland between Ilkley and Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. The moor, which rises to 402 m (1,319 ft) above...
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The moor frog (Rana arvalis) is a slim, reddish-brown, semiaquatic amphibian native to Europe and Asia. Moor frogs are known for their ability to freeze...
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Widecombe in the Moor (/ˌwɪdɪkəm ... ˈmʊər/) is a village and large civil parish in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. Its church is known as the...
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Carel de Moor (25 February 1655 – 16 February 1738) was a Dutch Golden Age etcher and painter. He was a pupil of the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard Dou...
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The Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on Emley Moor, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village centre of Emley...
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Saddleworth Moor is a moorland in North West England. Reaching more than 1,312 feet (400 m) above sea level, it is in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District...
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Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley Football Club since 1883. This unbroken...
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Low Moor may refer to: Low Moor, Bradford, England Low Moor railway station Low Moor Ironworks Low Moor Explosion Low Moor F.C., football club from Clitheroe...
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Telescope (goldfish) (redirect from Panda moor)
trait was referred to as dragon eyes. Variants are called the Black Moor, Panda Moor, and Celestial Eye. Except for its enlarged projecting eyes, the demekin...
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along its east edge. East Moor is the broader moorland area covering Gibbet Moor, Brampton East Moor and Beeley Moor. Gibbet Moor is a prehistoric landscape...
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Combe Moor, also known as Coombes Moor, is a linear hamlet in the civil parish of Byton in Herefordshire, England, to the south-east of the Welsh town...
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Holme Moor & Clean Moor (grid reference ST095260) is a 10.8 hectare (26.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Wiveliscombe in...
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Dark Moor is a Spanish symphonic power metal band from Madrid. Formed in 1993, they produced three full-length albums before undergoing a line-up change...
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Rannoch Moor (/ˈrænəx/ ; Scottish Gaelic: Mòinteach Rai(th)neach) is an expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km2) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch...
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Henry Moor (1809 – 12 May 1877) was a British lawyer and politician who served as the second Mayor of Melbourne, Australia and as Member of Parliament...
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Moores the Suit People, Corp. (operating as Moores Clothing for Men) is a Canadian company specializing in business clothing and formalwear for men. It...
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Long Marston York The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639–1653. The combined forces of the...
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