Definition of Morro

1. n. A round hill or point of land; hence, Morro castle, a castle on a hill.

Definition of Morro

1. a rounded elevation [n -ROS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morro

morriced
morricer
morricers
morrices
morrion
morrions
morris
morris-pike
morris dance
morris dancer
morris dancers
morris dancing
morrised
morrises
morrising
morro (current term)
morros
morrot
morrots
morrow
morrows
morrowtide
mors
mors thymica
morsal
morse
morse alphabet
morsel
morseled
morseling

Literary usage of Morro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"To the westward of the Emerald morro there n formed « large bay, but it is obstructed by a bank, with very irregular soundings, which eiT^rr. ..."

2. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1849)
"... Iron Smelting Work at Girao—Vast abundance of Iron Ores in this District—Reaches Escadinha—morro de Caspar Scares and two other Iron Smelting Works and ..."

3. Travels in the Interior of Brazil: Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1846)
"... Iron Smelting Work at Girao—Vast abundance of Iron Ores in this District—Reaches Escadinha—morro de Gaspar Soares and two other Iron Smelting Works and ..."

4. Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan (1899)
"CHAPTER XVII morro CASTLE IN the course of the first week after I landed in Santiago, I made a number of interesting excursions to points in the vicinity of ..."

5. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"My kind host accompanied me to the town of Sabara, eight miles from morro Velho, where the little steamer was lying. It was just after a rain-storm, ..."

6. Under the Sun: Essays Mainly Written in Hot Countries by George Augustus Sala (1887)
"UNDES THE GUNS OF THE morro. HERE used some years ago to be a little tobacconist's 'shop, somewhere between Pall Mall and Duncannon Street, with the sign of ..."

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