moura

== Galician == === Etymology === From mouro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmowɾɐ] === Adjective === moura feminine singular of mouro === Noun === moura f (plural mouras) (folklore) fairy, bean sí; otherworldly being associated with water and prehistoric ruins who sometimes takes the form of a woman of long blonde hair and extraordinary beauty, while other times is a woman of extraordinary strength, capable of transporting boulders on her head, and who usually carries a distaff Synonyms: encanto, señora, vella === Noun === moura f (plural mouras) Moor woman (female equivalent of mouro) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “moura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “moura”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mouro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === "O País da Moura" in YouTube == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === moira === Pronunciation === Homophone: Moura === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin muria. ==== Noun ==== moura f (plural mouras) brine (salt-and-water solution for pickling) Synonyms: salga, salmoura (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) blood sausage, pudding (sausage made primarily from blood) Synonyms: chouriço de sangue, morcela, morcilha, (Trás-os-Montes) tabafeia a type of light-coloured leather sandals (Azores) a type of small crab (ornithology) shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) Synonyms: cagarra, maranhona, pardela-de-bico-amarelo, pardilhão === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Medieval Latin maura. ==== Noun ==== moura f (plural mouras) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) Synonyms: erva moura, erva-gardiniana === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== moura feminine singular of mouro ==== Noun ==== moura f (plural mouras) female equivalent of mouro === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== moura inflection of mourar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “moura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “moura”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 “moura”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “moura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “moura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “moura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026