Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOOR, n.² [D. moor; G. mohr; Fr. maure; Gr. αμαυρος, μαυρος, dark, obscure.]

A native of the northern coast of Africa, called by the Romans from the color of the people, Mauritania, the country of dark-complexioned people. The same country is now called Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, &c.