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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece, particularly under Turkish rule. · A former polity in Europe. · An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
From Latin and Italian Morea, from Medieval Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, “mulberry”) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.
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- Borrowed-form mentionMoreait
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