Mori - Mori in Foreign Languages

Mori in Foreign Languages

  • Mori (森?) is a Japanese word for forest
  • In Latin, mori means "to die". In modern Italian, mori may also derive from Latin maurus that means "dark skinned".
    • Memento mori, artistic creations to remind people of their own mortality, Latin for "Remember that you are mortal," "Remember you will die," or "Remember your death"
  • mori, is a horse in Mongolian, the last i vowel is not pronounced.

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