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moore

/mʊɹ/

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What does moore mean?

proper noun

  1. Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
  2. A village in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5784).
  3. A surname from English or Irish, similarly derived.
More meanings (13)

proper noun

  1. A rural town and locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A minor city in Butte County, Idaho.
  3. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
  4. A town in Fergus County, Montana.
  5. A locality in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
  6. A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
  7. A township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  8. An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frio County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.
  11. An extinct town in Chelan County, Washington.
  12. An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
  13. Alternative spelling of More (“a Volta-Congo language”).
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IPA pronunciation

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Hence Moore, Byron, Goethe, often speak words more wisely descriptive of the true religious sentiment, than another man, whose whole life is governed by it.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203
Once my friend Moore himself, while out with another cowboy on horseback, was attacked in sheer wantonness by a drove of these little wild hogs.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
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I said I believed my uncle Abner Moore would take care of me, and so that was why I struck out for this town of Goshen.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
Mr. Moore, who was continuing his searches in that country, was instructed to arrange for the cultivation and shipment of regular supplies of this particular species.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
Granger had under observation a woman by the name of Ann Moore, fifty-eight years of age, who fasted for two years.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747