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moorish

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1. moorish - Noun

2. moorish - Adjective

Meaning

Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.

Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather. Alexei Sayle

That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings. Jim Woodring

Moorish courtyard Source: Internet

Abú Yahya was the last Moorish leader of Majorca. Source: Internet

Act 3 Belmonte and Pedrillo come to the garden with ladders (Aria, Belmonte: "Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke" – "Love, only love, can now direct me"; Romanze, Pedrillo: "In Mohrenland gefangen war" – "In Moorish lands a maiden fair"). Source: Internet

After viewing a large exhibition of Islamic art in Munich in 1910, he spent two months in Spain studying Moorish art. Source: Internet

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