blackmoor

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proper noun

A suburb of Astley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6900).

OriginOld English blæc →
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Meanings

blackmoor1

nounblackmoor (plural blackmoors)

plural blackmoors

  1. alternativeAlternative form of blackamoor.

    […] to unspot the Leopard, and whiten the Blackmoor […]

    1709, Rev. Michael Pope (the Elder), Life and Death considered (page 83)

Blackmoor2

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishblæc“black”
  2. EnglishBlackmoor

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

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APA

blackmoor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackmoor

MLA

“blackmoor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackmoor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackmoor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackmoor.

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