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Moria (Middle-earth) In the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria, also named Khazad-dûm, is an ancient subterranean complex in Middle-earth, comprising a vast labyrinthine network of tunnels, chambers, mines and halls under the Misty Mountains, with doors on ...

, fictional location in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien * '' Moria: The Dwarven City'', a 1984 fantasy role-playing game supplement * ''Moria'' (1978 video game), a dungeon-crawler game * ''Moria'' (1983 video game), a computer game inspired by ''The Lord of the Rings''

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Blanche Moria Blanche Adèle Moria (1859–1926) was a French sculptor, medallist, educator and feminist. A designer of busts, medals and monuments, she exhibited in various salons from 1883 and received many commissions from the State. As a feminist, Moria fou ...

(1859–1926), French sculptor, educator and feminist *

Steve Moria Steve Moria (born February 3, 1961) is a British-Canadian (dual nationality) professional ice hockey player. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moria has won the IHJUK Player of the Year Trophy three times: in 1994–95, 200 ...

(born 1961), British-Canadian ice hockey player *

Moria Casán Ana María Casanova (born August 16, 1946), known by her stage name Moria Casán, is an Argentine actress and TV personality. Casán made her theatre debut in 1970, and quickly became one of the country's leading vedettes during Argentina's Gol ...

(born 1946), Argentine actress

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Mória Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of ...

(Μόρια), a small town in the modern municipal unit of Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece **

Moria refugee camp Mória Reception and Identification Centre ( el, Κέντρο Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης Μόριας), better known as Mória Refugee Camp, or just "Mória", was the largest refugee camp in Europe until it was burned down in ...

near Mytilene, Lesbos *

Moria, Limpopo Moria is a town in Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that ...

, South Africa * Mōria, a holy place in Whirinaki, Northland, New Zealand

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Moria (tree) In ancient Greece, the moriai (plural of moria) were olive trees considered to be the property of the state because of their religious significance. Overview From ''Attic Orators'', vol. I. p. 289: Throughout Attica, besides the olives whic ...

(Μορια), a type of public olive tree in ancient Greece *

Moria (nymph) In Greek mythology, Moria (Ancient Greek: Μορια means " sacred olive-tree") was a Naiad nymph dwelling by the river Hermus. She was the sister of Tylus. Mythology Moria makes an appearance in Nonnus' '' Dionysiaca'', in an episode that is ...

(Μορια "olive tree", a nymph named in Greek mythology * ''Moria'', a Byzantine term for the intervals of the

72 equal temperament In music, 72 equal temperament, called twelfth-tone, 72-TET, 72- EDO, or 72-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into twelfth-tones, or in other words 72 equal steps (equal frequency ratios). Each step represents a frequency ...

music scale *

Moria (political party) Moria ( he, מוריה) was a short-lived one-man political party in Israel between 1990 and 1992. Background The party was established on 25 December 1990 during the 12th Knesset, when Minister of Immigrant Absorption and former Shas leader ...

, in Israel * Moria, the original description of

Witzelsucht Witzelsucht ( " joking addiction") is a set of pure and rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations. It makes one unable to read sarcasm ...

, a set of rare neurological symptoms * ''Moria'' (genus), of the family

Amnicolidae Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea. This family is in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & R ...

of freshwater snails

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