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In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μόρος means 'doom, fate' [1]) is the personified spirit of impending doom, [2] who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave people the ability to foresee their death.
Among Spanish speakers, moro came to have a broader meaning, applied to both Filipino Moros from Mindanao, and the moriscos of Granada. Moro refers to all things dark, as in "Moor", moreno, etc. It was also used as a nickname; for instance, the Milanese Duke Ludovico Sforza was called Il Moro because of his dark complexion. [26]
Moro women cover themselves using a veil just as in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and southern Thailand. Moro men, especially the elderly, can always be seen wearing a black skull cap called the songkok or the white one called the taqiyah. Differentiating from their Malay relatives in neighboring countries, the only main problems ...
Moros y Cristianos means 'Moors and Christians'. Moros refers to the black beans, and Cristianos to the white rice.The name of the dish is a reference to the Arab Muslim governance of the Iberian Peninsula from the early 8th century through the Reconquista (15th century).
Moros is a genus of small tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah. It contains a single species, M. intrepidus . [ 1 ] Moros represents one of the earliest known diagnostic tyrannosauroid material from North America .
The word valkyrie derives from Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words; the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning "to choose"). Together, they mean "chooser of the slain". [10] The Greek word "Ker" etymologically means destruction, death. [11]
Moros y Cristianos (Spanish: [ˈmoɾos i kɾisˈtjanos]) or Moros i Cristians (Valencian: [ˈmɔɾoz i kɾistiˈans]), literally in English Moors and Christians, is a set of festival activities which are celebrated in many towns and cities of Spain, mainly in the southern Valencian Community.
Moro (surname), a surname; Moro Movement, a social, political, and economic movement in the Solomon Islands; Moro, a camouflage pattern formerly used by several Polish military formations; Moro, a wolf-god in the Studio Ghibli animated film Princess Mononoke; Moro, a cultivar of the blood orange; Moro, a character in Dragon Ball Super series