English Explanatory Dictionary

blackmoor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of blackamoor.
name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A suburb of Astley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6900).
  3. A village in Selborne parish, south-west of Bordon, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7733).
  4. A hamlet in Chew Stoke parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5563).
  5. A hamlet in Churchill parish, near Lower Langford, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4661).
  6. A hamlet in West Buckland parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1618).

Word forms

blackmoor blackmoors

Etymology

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

Derived words

Blackmoor Gate
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