English word origin

Etymology of Moria

From Greek Μόριας (Mórias, “Mória”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A town in Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece in the Aegean, Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia. · A former settlement in Moria, Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, an early 21st-century refugee camp that was set ablaze.

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From Greek Μόριας (Mórias, “Mória”).

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionΜόριαςel

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A marae in Whirinaki in the geographic area of Hokianga, Northland, North Island, New Zealand.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Māori Mōria.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionMōriami

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