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Moor may refer to:
Ethnicity
- Moors, inhabitants of the Maghreb, Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta.
- Moro people, an autonomous Muslim people in the Philippines
- Sri Lankan Moor, a minority Muslim group in Sri Lanka
- Marakkar, a Muslim minority ethnic group in India
- Moorish American, or "Moors", an African-American Muslim ethnoreligious group
Places
- Moor, a word for a fen or marsh, now mostly applied to flat areas of former marshland in Somerset, England
- Moor or moorland, an uncultivated upland area that is characterized by low growing vegetation on acidic soils
- Moor, the German spelling of Mór, a town in Fejér county, Hungary
- The Moor, a street in Sheffield, England
- The Moor, Hawkhurst, a village green in Kent, England.
- Moor Crichel, a village in southwest England, situated on the Cranborne Chase plateau, five miles east of Blandford Forum
- Moor Island, one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic Archipelago islands in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
People
- Andy Moor (disambiguation), several people
- Ben Moor (disambiguation), several people
- Davey Ray Moor, Australian songwriter, singer, composer and producer
- David Moor (born 1947), British general practitioner who was prosecuted for the euthanasia of a patient
- Dmitry Moor, professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov (1883-1946), Russian artist
- Drew Moor (born 1984), American soccer player
- Edward Moor (1771–1848), British soldier and Indologist
- Emánuel Moór (1863–1931), Hungarian composer
- George Raymond Dallas Moor (1896–1918), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Henry Moor (1809–1877), Mayor of Melbourne
- Ian Moor (born 1974), English singer
- James H. Moor, American philosopher
- Karl Moor (Swiss banker) (1853–1932), Swiss Communist
- Lova Moor real name: Marie-Claude Jourdain (born 1946), French dancer
- Marie Möör French singer
- Paul Moor, (born 1978), British Ten-pin Bowler
- Terry Moor (born 1952), American tennis player
- William Moor, Canadian sailor and explorer
- Wyman Moor (1811–1869), American politician
Culture
- Blackamoor and Maure, historical European depictions of (North) Africans in art and heraldry, respectively
- Moors and Christians, Iberian folk festivals commemorating the Reconquista
- The Moor (novel), the fourth book in Mary Russell detective series by Laurie R. King
- Moor (film), a Pakistani drama film by Jamshed Mehmood
- The Moor's Last Sigh, novel by Salman Rushdie
- "The Moor" (The Borgias), an episode of the television series The Borgias
- "The Moor", a song by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth on their album Still Life
Other
- Black Moor, a variety of fancy goldfish that has a characteristic pair of protruding eyes
- Dark Moor, Spanish Neoclassical metal band
- Moor frog, a slim, reddish-brown, semi-aquatic amphibian native to Europe and Asia
- Mooring, securely holding a boat to a riverbank, pier or towpath, or a device used for that purpose
- Red Moors, a Sardinian political party
See also
- De Moor, a surname
- Mohr (disambiguation), a surname
- Moor End (disambiguation)
- Moore (disambiguation)
- MOR (disambiguation)
- Mór (disambiguation)
- More (disambiguation)
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