موره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

موره • (Mora)

  1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth)
  2. (historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Mora
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