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/mawr"on, mohr"-/, n.1. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.2. Psychol. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69. Cf. feeble-minded.
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formerly (1930–43) Seis de Septiembrecabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It lies west of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province).In the 16th century Morón served as a way station for travelers en route to the area that is now Chile and Peru. The present-day county was part of the pago (country district) of Las Conchas during the 17th and early 18th centuries. In 1730 the region was incorporated within the country district of La Matanza. The Chapel of Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje (“Our Lady of the Safe Journey”) became the centre of settlement for the city in 1769, and the region was named the Cañada de Morón (“Pass of Morón”). A justice of the peace was appointed to Cañada de Morón in 1784, and in the same year it became part of the county of La Matanza. The area was demarcated and separated from La Matanza in 1812, however. The county of Morón was officially established in 1870. Morón county was the site of the Feb. 3, 1852, Battle of Caseros, where the Argentine military ruler Juan Manuel de Rosas (Rosas, Juan Manuel de) was overthrown. From 1930 to 1943 the city and county were known as Seis de Septiembre in honour of a military uprising that took place on Sept. 6, 1930.Horticulture, agriculture (grains and alfalfa), and livestock raising were once widespread in Morón's formerly rural areas. The county seat is now an important industrial centre, with meatpacking, dairy production, food canning, tanning, and varied manufacturing plants.With the growth of the national capital, Morón has been absorbed into the suburban area of Gran Buenos Aires. Thus, its population density is greater than that in many other counties in Gran Buenos Aires. Morón is linked to other parts of the country by road and railway. It also has an airport. Pop. (2001) city, 92,725; county, 309,380.▪ Cubacity, east-central Cuba. Situated in the swampy coastal plain just south of the Leche Lagoon, Morón is an important regional transportation and manufacturing centre. From the hinterland come sugarcane, tobacco, cacao, coffee, fruit, cattle, and timber to be processed in the city. Asphalt and chromite are found in the vicinity. Morón is linked by railroad and highway to other urban centres along the northern coast and has an airfield. Pop. (2002) 53,551.town, central highlands of Carabobo estado (state), north-central Venezuela. In 1950 the site was selected for development under the government's policy of using the revenues from the petroleum industry to foster domestic production of as many goods as possible. Morón is one of Venezuela's major industrial centres and is a seat of the government's petrochemical industry. The town is favourably situated for the manufacture of petrochemicals because it is close to raw materials (petroleum, natural gas, salt, pyrite, phosphate, and limestone); to the country's principal population centres; to Puerto Cabello (14 miles [23 km] west), which is one of Venezuela's most important ports; and to a major railway and highway. Morón's well-planned industrial complex has facilities to refine petroleum and to manufacture synthetic rubber, detergents, plastics and plastic derivatives, pharmaceuticals, nylon, caustic soda, chlorine, ammonia, urea, herbicides, insecticides, explosives, and fertilizers. Pop. (2001) 48,000.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
