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Mudéjar

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

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Usage: not-comparable

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noun

Meaning 3

Any of the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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noun

Meaning 4

A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: architecture

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History

Etymology

From Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”), from the verb دَجَّنَ (dajjana, “to tame”), from دَجَنَ (dajana, “to become accustomed”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: mudèjar — of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Galician: mudéxar — of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Portuguese: mudéjar — of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Spanish: mudéjar — of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Swedish: morisk — of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Catalan: mudèjar — of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
  • Galician: mudéxar — of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
  • Portuguese: mudéjar — of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
  • Spanish: mudéjar — of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
  • Swedish: morisk — of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
  • Catalan: mudèjar — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Galician: mudéxar — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Portuguese: mudéjar — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Spanish: mudéjar — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Swedish: mor — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Swedish: morer — one of the Moors of al-Andalus
  • Catalan: mudèjar — style of Iberian architecture
  • Galician: mudéxar — style of Iberian architecture
  • Spanish: mudéjar — style of Iberian architecture