Moro may refer to:

Events

  • Moro Crater massacre (1906), an engagement in the Philippine–American War
  • Moro River Campaign (1943), a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy
  • Moro War, any of numerous conflicts with the Moro people of the Philippines, starting in the 16th century.

Ethnic groups

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  • Moro people, a mostly Muslim people of southern Philippines
  • Moors, the English variation of the Spanish term moro referring to Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the Middle Ages
  • Sri Lankan Moors or Ceylon Moors, an ethnic group
  • Indian Moors, an ethnic group
  • Moro people, also known as the Ayoreo people, an indigenous people of Bolivia and Paraguay
  • Moro Nuba people, a subgroup of the Nuba people in southern Sudan
  • Moroccans, shortened form or slang referring to people from Morocco, sometimes used among immigrant communities

Languages

  • Moro, an alternative name for the Ayoreo language, spoken in Peru and Bolivia
  • Moro language (Nigeria), an East Kainji language spoken in Nigeria
  • Moro language, a Kordofanian language spoken in southern Sudan by the Moro Nuba people
  • Moru language, spoken in South Sudan by the Moru people

Places

Africa

  • Moro, Kwara, a Local Government Area in Kwara State
  • Moro River (Mano River), a tributary of the Mano River in Sierra Leone and Liberia; see List of rivers of Sierra Leone

Asia

  • Moro Station, Japanese railway station
  • Moro, Pakistan, a city in Sindh province
  • Moro Province, a former province of the Philippines
  • Moro, a district of Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia

Europe

  • Moro (Italian river), a river in Italy
  • Moro (Ribadesella), a parish of Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
  • Móró, the Hungarian name for Morău village, Cornești, Cluj, Romania

North America

  • Moro, former name of Taft, California
  • Moro, Oregon, the county seat of Sherman County, Oregon
  • Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois, a township in Madison County, Illinois
  • Moro, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois
  • Moro Plantation, a plantation in Aroostook County, Maine

Other uses

  • Moro (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate bar made by Cadbury
  • Moro (surname), a surname
  • Moro Movement, a social, political, and economic movement in the Solomon Islands
  • Moro, a camouflage pattern formerly used by several Polish military formations
  • Moro, a wolf-god in the Studio Ghibli animated film Princess Mononoke
  • Moro, a cultivar of the blood orange
  • Moro, a character in Dragon Ball Super series
  • Moro, a character in 1988 Soviet film The Needle played by Viktor Tsoi

See also

  • Moor (disambiguation)
  • Moros y cristianos (disambiguation)