Talk:El Morro

Translation of the word Morro
Morro means promontory or hill in Spanish, not moorland or flat bottom land. The Spaniards, and all Europeans for that matter, usually built their coastal forts on high ground as you can see from all of these "Castillos del Morro." Among Cubans and Puerto Ricans, the castles in their respective areas are often simply called "El Morro" because of the long association with these geographic features. What I erroneously described as vandalism in my edit captions appears to have been a good faith edit by a regular editor; pardon me. However, the resemblance to the "Moorish helmet" was baseless and not cited. In Spanish we say moro to refer to a Moor (as Moroccans were called in history), and morro for a large rocky hill, outcrop or protuberance from the earth.--Noopinonada (talk) 21:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)