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Meanings of moors in English

Russian
мавры
Portuguese
mouros
Spanish
moros
Catalan
moros
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Muslims who lived in the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta in the Middle Ages.

Related terms
мавры
Usage of moors in English
1
Soon they cleared the churchtown and entered the darkness of the moors.
The Moon Rock
2
The flying horizons of the moors had slipped away into the darkness.
The Human Chord
3
The old Norfolk jacket had walked the moors that morning with Jane.
The Rosary
4
Afterwards you took her back across the moors to catch the wagonette.
The Moon Rock
5
The Arkwright house belonged in a Gothic novel, brooding over windswept moors.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
6
I had seen enough lightning storms as a child on the moors.
The Hyperion Cantos
7
Then she caught a glimpse of Carn Brea and the purple moors.
The Moon Rock
8
We're on the eastern expanse of the moors, south of the Beak.
The Hyperion Cantos
9
I wanted to go mountain biking up on the moors with Eddie.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
10
She insisted on bundling everybody out for a blow on the moors.
A Popular Schoolgirl
11
I was just taking a little ramble over the moors, she explained.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
12
We will go across the moors, we will climb our little hill.
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
13
England's changing into a desert, the bogs and moors are drying up.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
14
The moors over near Cloomber are just white wi' gulls and kittiewakes.
The Mystery of Cloomber
15
It was a long, harassing journey, over moors and along stony roads.
A Dog with a Bad Name
16
He was an artistic man, and painted landscapes of moors and sunsets.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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