Moura (surname)

Moura is a common Portuguese Surname, Moura is a placename, from town of Moura, in Portugal. Moura is a female form of Portuguese word and surname "Mouro", a shortened form of Mourisco and means "Maghreb", "Moroccan", or "Mauritanian", Referring to the Arabs who conquered the Iberian Peninsula, who came from the Maghreb, but mostly from Morocco. But can be a Portuguese form from Arabic name and surname "Murad/Mourad", with means "Desire" or "Wished".

Notable people with the surname include:

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