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Matamoros (other)
Matamoros is a Spanish surname and place name meaning ‘Moor killer’. It may refer to: Events * 1999 Matamoros standoff, an armed engagement between gangsters and law enforcement in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Music * "Matamoros", a song by The Afghan Whigs from ''Do to the Beast'' * "Matamoros Banks", a song by Bruce Springsteen from ''Devils & Dust'' * ''Matamoros Querido'', a 1971 album by Rigo Tovar **"Mi Matamoros Querido", a song on ''Matamoros Querido'' People * Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 1966), Ecuadorian chess grandmaster *Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), a liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence *Miguel Matamoros (1894–1971), a Cuban musician and composer **Trio Matamoros, Cuban trova group founded by Miguel Matamoros *Saint James Matamoros, 'the Moor-slayer', Spanish mythological figure Places *Matamoros, Coahuila, city in Mexico *Matamoros, Tamaulipas, also known as Heroica Matamoros, a city in Mexico, municipal seat of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moors
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or self-defined people. The 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' observed that the term had "no real ethnological value." Europeans of the Middle Ages and the early modern period variously applied the name to Arabs and North African Berbers, as well as Muslim Europeans. The term has also been used in Europe in a broader, somewhat derogatory sense to refer to Muslims in general,Menocal, María Rosa (2002). ''Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain''. Little, Brown, & Co. , p. 241 especially those of Arab or Berber descent, whether living in Spain or North Africa. During the colonial era, the Portuguese introduced the names " Ceylon Moors" and "Indian Moors" in South Asia and Sri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
