moros

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noun

A dish of black beans and white riced cooked together; congri.

OriginSpanish moros y cristianos →
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Meanings

moros1

noun
  1. uncommonA dish of black beans and white riced cooked together; congri.

    This is good served with black bean soup and rice or moros or congri.

    1991, Josefina Alvarez, All about Cuban Cooking, pages 7-16
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    [She was] eating moros, sofrito, vaca frita, and other staples of Cuban cuisine. In short, she was her old self again.

    2008, Philip Smith, Walking Through Walls: A Memoir, page 158

Moros2

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesThe personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate

Moros3

noun
  1. pluralplural of Moro

Origin

moros · noun

  1. Spanishmoros y cristianos
  2. Englishmoros

From its Spanish name, Spanish moros y cristianos (literally “Moors and Christians”), in reference to the colors of the two ingredients.

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Moros · proper noun

  1. Ancient Greekμόρος
  2. Ancient GreekΜόρος
  3. EnglishMoros

From Ancient Greek Μόρος (Móros), from Ancient Greek μόρος (móros, literally “fate, doom”).

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Anagrams

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APA

moros. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moros

MLA

“moros.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moros. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moros,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moros.

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