Moria
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- Moria (Middle-earth)Moria (Middle-earth)In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given by the Eldar to an enormous underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or 'mansions', that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains...
, a location in author J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy book, The Lord of the Rings - A type of euphoriaEuphoria (emotion)Euphoria is medically recognized as a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, ecstasy, excitement and joy...
sometimes caused by right hemisphere brain lesions - Moria, first wife of Ivan Asen I of BulgariaIvan Asen I of BulgariaIvan Asen I ruled as emperor of Bulgaria 1189–1196. The year of his birth is unknown.-Life:...
- Moria Surgical, a maker of medical instruments used in eye surgery
- Moria (political party), a defunct political party in Israel
- "Gecko Moria", one of the Shichibukai in the anime and manga series One Piece
- Moria, an online poetry journal
Greece:
- Moria (tree)Moria (tree)In ancient Greece, a moria was an olive tree considered to be the property of the State.From Attic Orators, vol. I. p. 289:-References:...
, a type of public olive tree in ancient Greece - Moria, a naiadNaiadIn Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks....
mentioned in Dionysiaca by Nonnus - Moria (Greek: Μόρια) a village near MytileneMytileneMytilene is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the...
on Lesbos Island, also spelled as Morea
Video games:
- Moria (video game), a roguelike computer game
- Moria (PLATO)Moria (PLATO)Moria is a dungeon crawl style computer role-playing game first developed for the PLATO system around 1975, with copyright dates listed as 1978 and 1984...
, a multiplayer graphical dungeon crawl written for the PLATO system - Moria (StarCraft), a resource rich Terran colony in the StarCraft science-fiction series
- Moria (Tales of PhantasiaTales of Phantasiais a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
), a dwarven mine city in the world of Tales of Phantasia
Music:
- Moria, a death metalDeath metalDeath metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
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