Moor or Moors may refer to:

Nature and ecology

Moorland Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally ...

, a habitat characterized by low-growing vegetation and acidic soils.

Ethnic and religious groups

* Moors, Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta during the Middle Ages * Moors, a variant name for Melungeon (tri-racial isolate groups) in colonial North America * Moorish Orthodox Church of America, a syncretic, non-exclusive, and religious anarchist movement * Moorish Science Temple of America, an African-American Muslim religious group * Mouros da Terra, native or half-native coastal Muslims in south India such as Mappila (Mouros Malabares/Moors Mopulars) * Sri Lankan Moor, a minority Muslim group in Sri Lanka * United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an American religious group founded and led by Dwight York, which includes (among others) Yamassee Native American Moors of the Creek Nation

People with the name

* Karl Marx, 19th century German philosopher and communist. Was known as “The Moor” by family and friends because of his darker complexion. * Davey Ray Moor, Australian songwriter, singer, composer and producer * David Moor (1947–2000), British general practitioner who was prosecuted for the euthanasia of a patient *

David Moor (cricketer) David Child Moor (born 18 December 1934) is an English former first-class cricketer. Moor was born at Faversham in December 1934. He later studied at Trinity College, Oxford where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1956. He ...

(born 1934), English cricketer * Dmitry Moor (1883–1946), professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov, Russian artist * Drew Moor (born 1984), American soccer player * Edward Moor (1771–1848), British soldier and Indologist * Els Moor (1937–2016), Surinamese educator, editor and book publisher * Emánuel Moór (1863–1931), Hungarian composer *

Felix Moor Felix Moor (12 April 1903 Suure-Jaani – 15 May 1955 Tallinn) was Estonian actor and speech teacher. He was the first Estonian radio reporter. 1924 he finished Estonian Drama Studio Theatre Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or rela ...

(1903–1955), Estonian journalist and actor * 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) Karl Vital Moor (11 December 1852 – 14 June 1932) was a Swiss communist, and a channel for German financing of the 19th-century European Bolshevik movement. He was born in Fribourg, the illegitimate son of Swiss citizen Mary Moor, of ...

(1853–1932), Swiss Communist *

Lova Moor Lova Moor (born Marie-Claude Jourdain; 5 March 1946) is a French dancer and singer. Biography Lova Moor was born in La Grève-sur-Mignon, Charente-Maritime. She began her career as a nude dancer. Hired by Alain Bernardin at the Crazy Horse ...

(born 1946), French dancer, real name Marie-Claude Jourdain *

Marie Möör Marie Möör is a French singer and songwriter born in France, Seine-et-Marne. Having collaborated with renowned artists like jazz saxophonist and composer Barney Wilen, singer-songwriter Jean-Louis Murat, electro-crooner Bertrand Burgalat and p ...

, French singer *

Paul Moor Paul Moor (born 3 September 1978), of Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England is one of the world's leading ten-pin bowlers. He bowls on the European Bowling Tour (EBT) and has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Associat ...

(born 1978), British Ten-pin Bowler * Peter Moor (born 1991), Zimbabwean cricketer * Terry Moor (born 1952), American tennis player * William Moor (died 1765), Canadian sailor and explorer *

Wyman Moor Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (November 11, 1811March 10, 1869) was an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Maine. His political career, interspersed with periods in private law practice, began with his service in the Maine House ...

(1811–1869), American politician

Places

Moor, Nevada Moor is a ghost town in Ceder Pass in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located along Interstate 80 between Wells and West Wendover West Wendover is a small city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 4,410 at th ...

, United States * Moor, the German spelling of

Mór Mór (german: Moor) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Among the smaller towns in the Central Transdanubia Region of Hungary, it lies between the Vértes and Bakony Hills, in the northwestern corner of Fejér County. The historic roots of th ...

, a town in Fejér county, Hungary *

Moor Crichel Moor Crichel () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dors ...

, a village in southwest England * Moor Island, uninhabited Canadian Arctic Archipelago islands in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut * The Moor, Hawkhurst, a village green in Kent, England * The Moor Quarter, a street in Sheffield, England *

Lower Moor Lower Moor is a village between Wyre Piddle and Fladbury in the district of Wychavon in Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was a ...

, Village in Worcestershire, England

Animals

* Black Telescope (or Black Moor), a variety of goldfish *

Moor frog The moor frog (''Rana arvalis'') is a slim, reddish-brown, semiaquatic amphibian native to Europe and Asia. Moor frogs are known for their ability to freeze solid and survive thawing. The frog makes use of various cryoprotectants i.e. antif ...

, native to Europe and Asia

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Moor'' (film), a 2015 Pakistani drama by Jamshed Mehmood * ''The Moor'' (novel), the fourth book in Mary Russell detective series by Laurie R. King * "The Moor" (''The Borgias''), a 2011 episode of the television series ''The Borgias'' * Berber the Moor, a character in ''The Bastard Executioner'' *'' The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 and based on a story of Cinthio * ''Un Capitano Moro'' ("A Moorish Captain"), a story by Cinthio (Giovanni Battista Giraldi), first published in 1565 * "Moor", a song by American metalcore band Every Time I Die from the album ''

From Parts Unknown ''From Parts Unknown'' is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Every Time I Die. Recording and composition ''From Parts Unknown'' was recorded over the course of a month with Kurt Ballou of Converge at GodCity Studio in Salem, Mass ...

'' * "The Moor", a song by Swedish metal band Opeth from the album ''

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Other uses

* Mooring (watercraft), any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured * Moors murders, murders of five children by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England * Massive online open research * Red Moors, a Sardinian political party * Moors Sundry Act of 1790, advisory resolution passed by South Carolina House of Representatives, clarifying the status of free subjects of the Sultan of Morocco