Moor

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historical ethnic term

A Moor is a historical term used in Europe to refer primarily to Muslim inhabitants of North Africa and, by extension, people of North African or mixed Arab-Berber descent who lived in or influenced parts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Moors	6
Moor canonical	3
Moors of Gibraltar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical ethnic term ⓘ
appearsIn	Renaissance literature ⓘ Shakespearean drama ⓘ medieval European chronicles ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Andalusian music and poetry ⓘ Andalusian science and philosophy ⓘ Islamic architecture in Iberia ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicity	Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
broaderUsage	sometimes used for dark-skinned peoples beyond North Africa in older European texts ⓘ
contrastedWith	Christians of medieval Iberia ⓘ Jews of medieval Iberia ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Greek Mauros ⓘ Latin Maurus ⓘ
exampleInLiterature	Othello, the Moor of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moor in Titus Andronicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo	Al-Andalus civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Caliphate of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Emirate of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasrid Kingdom of Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ Taifa kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad conquest of Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageContext	English NERFINISHED ⓘ European languages ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
notIdenticalTo	modern national identities of North Africans ⓘ
originallyReferredTo	inhabitants of ancient Mauretania ⓘ
perceivedAs	Muslim other in medieval Christian Europe ⓘ
refersTo	Muslim inhabitants of North Africa ⓘ people of North African descent in medieval Europe ⓘ people of mixed Arab-Berber descent in medieval Europe ⓘ
relatedConcept	Andalusian Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ Morisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mudéjar NERFINISHED ⓘ
termStatus	archaic ⓘ sometimes considered outdated or problematic ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
usedIn	early modern Europe ⓘ medieval Europe ⓘ