Saturday, 11 June 2011
A new comment from Ryahya
Morabiton..as an "Morabit" is the word derived from grouping in defense of a cause..and yes Morabiton is the name of Moroccan dynasty founded by Youcef ibnou Tachfine ! However the word is used for those nobles decent of prophet Mohamed ( PBUH) - The Morabiton are religious groups that came to Spain from time to time during 800 years of the Arab Moroccan's ruling Spain, and re-focused the ruling parties from a religious standpoint ! To be a Morabit descent is great Honor amongst the Arabs .those Italians/Spanish who have this name should check there heritage via DNA through National Geography to know for sure who they are ......When the Moroccan/Moorish empire failed to rule in 1492..many Moroccan/moorish were driven off from Spain to Italy ( Calabria and Sicily) As an example there are many Spanish people in USA, Puerto Rico with names ending with "S" as oppose to "Z" ( rodrigues # rodriguez) that found out that they were Arab descendant and they were give these names by Spanish government after the fall of the Moroccan/Moorish Empire in 1492 and after were slaved to new world by Spanish government....
Saturday, 2 December 2006
SURNAME ORIGIN....is it true?
Origin Displayed: Spanish
Noble surnames, such as Morabito, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Morabito, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. This noble Spanish family lived near a mulberry or blackberry bush. Thus, Morabito is a topographic surname, which is the type of local surname that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. The name was originally derived from the Spanish word "mora," which means "mulberry."
Spelling variations of this family name include: Morales, Moral, Morilla, Morillas, Moraleda and others.
First found in Castile, prominent among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Among the early explorers of the New World was Andrés Morales (1477-1517), who accompanied Columbus on his third expedition to America in 1498. Other early settlers of the New World include Francisco de Mora, who emigrated to Peru in 1560 with his wife Luisa Jerónima.
Noble surnames, such as Morabito, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Morabito, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. This noble Spanish family lived near a mulberry or blackberry bush. Thus, Morabito is a topographic surname, which is the type of local surname that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. The name was originally derived from the Spanish word "mora," which means "mulberry."
Spelling variations of this family name include: Morales, Moral, Morilla, Morillas, Moraleda and others.
First found in Castile, prominent among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Among the early explorers of the New World was Andrés Morales (1477-1517), who accompanied Columbus on his third expedition to America in 1498. Other early settlers of the New World include Francisco de Mora, who emigrated to Peru in 1560 with his wife Luisa Jerónima.
SURNAME ORIGIN....continue...
Following other studies and researches, someone says instead that the surname Morabito comes from a Berber dynasty: the Almoravid dynasty.
Almoravides (In Arabic المرابطون al-Murabitun, sing. مرابط Murabit), was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that flourished over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula during the 11th century.
Under this dynasty the Moorish empire was extended over present-day Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Gibraltar, Tlemcen (in Algeria) and a great part of what is now Senegal and Mali in the south, and Spain and Portugal in the north.
The exact meaning of "Murabit" is still a matter of controversy. The name may not be derived from the Arabic ribat, or fortress (a term with which it shares the root r-b-t) as was the common opinion some time ago.
Almoravides (In Arabic المرابطون al-Murabitun, sing. مرابط Murabit), was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that flourished over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula during the 11th century.
Under this dynasty the Moorish empire was extended over present-day Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Gibraltar, Tlemcen (in Algeria) and a great part of what is now Senegal and Mali in the south, and Spain and Portugal in the north.
The exact meaning of "Murabit" is still a matter of controversy. The name may not be derived from the Arabic ribat, or fortress (a term with which it shares the root r-b-t) as was the common opinion some time ago.
Friday, 1 December 2006
Morabito Family in the world.....
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