Morea

See also: morea, mórea, and möreä

English

Etymology

From Latin and Italian Morea, from Byzantine Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, mulberry) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.

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Morea

  1. (archaic) Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece, particularly (historical) under Turkish rule.
    • 1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:
      [...] and south to the towns of Pyrgos, from which a branch runs to Olympia, and Kyparissia, on the west coast of Morea.
  2. (historical) A former polity in Europe.
  3. (historical) An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.

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Italian

Proper noun

Morea f

  1. Morea

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Venetian

Proper noun

Morea f

  1. Peloponnese

Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ˈʀja/

Proper noun

Morea

  1. a surname
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