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==Etymology==
There is some uncertainty over the origin of the medieval name "Morea", which is first recorded in the 10th century in the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] chronicles.

Traditionally, scholars thought the name to have originated from the word ''morea'' (μορέα), meaning [[morus (plant)|morus]] or [[morus (plant)|mulberry]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dmore%2Fa |title=Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, μορέα |publisher=Perseus.tufts.edu |access-date=2013-12-03}}</ref> a tree which, though known in the region from the ancient times, gained value after the 6th century, when mulberry-eating [[silkworm]]s were smuggled from China to Byzantium.

The British Byzantinist [[Steven Runciman]] suggested that the name comes "from the likeness of its shape to that of a mulberry leaf".<ref>Runciman, ''A Traveller's Alphabet'', "Morea")</ref>