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'''''''''' () is a common Polish word for a Black person of Sub-Saharan African descent, cognate with the English word "Moor". Since the 21st century, some Black people residing in Poland consider it offensive.

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'''''''' () is a common Polish word for a Black person of Sub-Saharan African descent, cognate with the English word "Moor". Since the 21st century, some Black people residing in Poland consider it offensive.

== Etymology == The word "" derives from a Czech borrowing (mouřenín) of the German word Mohr, stemming from the Latin Maurus, and is cognate with the English word "Moor".

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