moura

See also: Moura and mourà

Galician

Dolmen known as Casa da moura ("house of the fairy")

Poza da moura ("pond of the fairy")

From mouro.

moura

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

moura f (plural mouras)

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ɾɐ/ [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ɾa/ [ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmow.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɾɐ/

moura

moura f (plural mouras)