A Muslim people living in northwestern Africa, a mixed ethnicity of Berbers and Arabs who invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century and settled there. As they came from what was then Mauritania, they were called Mauri in Latin, Moros in Spanish, and Moors in English and Dutch (the Spanish also called Muslims living in the southern Philippines Moros). Today, the term Moors refers to all Arabic-speaking Muslims who live in northwestern Africa, including Morocco and Mauritania (French for the country of the Moors). It can also refer to the people of Mauritania, where Moors make up 80% of the population. The idea that Moors are black was mistakenly spread by Shakespeare's play Othello, and Moors belong to the Caucasian Mediterranean group racially. Many Moors lead a nomadic lifestyle based in the Sahara Desert, and their main occupation is raising and trading livestock such as zebu cattle, sheep, goats, and camels. [Katata order] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
アフリカ北西部に住むイスラム教徒で、8世紀にイベリア半島を侵略し、そこに定着したベルベル人とアラブ人の混合民族。彼らが当時のモーリタニア地方からきたことから、ラテン語でマウリMauri、スペイン語でモロスMoros、英語・オランダ語ではムーアとよばれた(フィリピン南部に住むイスラム教徒に対しても同様に、スペイン人はモロとよんだ)。今日ではムーア人といえばモロッコ、モーリタニア(フランス語でムーア人の国の意)などアフリカ北西部に住み、イスラム教徒でアラビア語を話す人々全体をさす。また、ムーア人が人口の8割を占めるモーリタニア国民をさすこともある。ムーア人が黒人だという観念は、シェークスピアの戯曲『オセロ』によって誤って広められたもので、ムーア人は人種的にはコーカソイドの地中海集団に属する。ムーア人の多くはサハラ砂漠を基盤に遊牧生活を送っており、コブウシ、ヒツジ、ヤギ、ラクダなどの家畜の飼育と交易が生業の中心である。 [片多 順] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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