Moor or Moors may refer to:

Nature and ecology

Moorland Moorland or moor is a type of Habitat (ecology), habitat found in upland (geology), upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and the biomes of montane grasslands and shrublands, characterised by low-growing vegetation on So ...

, a habitat characterized by low-growing vegetation and acidic soils.

People

Moor (surname) Moor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Moor (guitarist) (born 1962), guitarist of the Ex * Andy Moor (producer) (born 1980), producer and DJ * Ben Moor (American football) ( 1970s), American football coach * Ben Moor (wr ...

Moors The term Moor is an Endonym and exonym, exonym used in European languages to designate the Muslims, Muslim populations of North Africa (the Maghreb) and the Iberian Peninsula (particularly al-Andalus) during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a s ...

, Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta during the Middle Ages * Moors, a variant name for

Melungeon Melungeon ( ) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin) was a slur historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina who were primarily ...

(tri-racial isolate groups) in colonial North America *

Sri Lankan Moor Sri Lankan Moors (; Arwi: ; ; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minority group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3% of the country's total population. Most of them are native speakers of the Tamil langua ...

, a minority Muslim group in Sri Lanka * United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an American religious group founded and led by Dwight York, which includes (among others) Yamassee Native American Moors of the Creek Nation

Places

* Moor, Nevada, United States * Moor, the German spelling of

Mór Mór () is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Among the smaller towns in the Central Transdanubia Region of Hungary, it lies between the Vértes Mountains, Vértes and Bakony Hills, in the northwestern corner of Fejér County. The historic roots ...

, a town in Fejér county, Hungary * Moor Island, Nunavut, Canada an uninhabited island

Animals

* Black Telescope (or Black Moor), a variety of goldfish *

Moor frog The moor frog (''Rana arvalis'') is a slim, reddish-brown, semiaquatic amphibian native to Europe and Asia. Moor frogs are known for their ability to freeze solid and survive thawing. The frog makes use of various cryoprotectants i.e. Antifreeze ...

, native to Europe and Asia

Arts and entertainment

* ''Moor'' (film), a 2015 Pakistani drama by Jamshed Mehmood * Berber the Moor, a character in ''The Bastard Executioner'' * "Moor", a song from the album ''

From Parts Unknown ''From Parts Unknown'' is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Every Time I Die. Recording and composition ''From Parts Unknown'' was recorded over the course of a month with Kurt Ballou of Converge (band), Converge at GodCity Stu ...

'' by American metalcore band Every Time I Die

Other uses

Mooring A mooring is any permanent structure to which a seaborne vessel (such as a boat, ship, or amphibious aircraft) may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to ...

, any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured *

Massive online open research __NOTOC__ Massive online open research (MOOR) is an online research and development (R&D) open access platform or higher education study program aiming at unlimited participation via the internet. It may be used to create, on a very large particip ...

Moors Sundry Act of 1790 The Moors Sundry Act of 1790 was a granted petition ordered by South Carolina House of Representatives, clarifying the status of free subjects of the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed ben Abdallah. The resolution offered the opinion that free citizens o ...