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Moriscos

the name usually given the taking of Granada in 1492; Moza- , to the Christian MORLAIX Spaniards who lived in the parts of Spain under Moorish rule; Mudejares, to the Moors who submitted to the Christians in the earlier periods of the reconquest.

MORLAIX (mor-lā'), a picturesque and flourishing port of France, in the Breton department of Finistère, on the Dossen. It has many quaint timbered houses, a huge railway viaduct 207 feet high, and manufactures of tobacco, paper, etc. Pop. about 15,000.

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