Moro
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Moro may refer to:
Events
- The Moro Crater massacre (1906), an engagement in the Philippine–American War
- The Moro River Campaign (1943), a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy
- Moro insurgency in the Philippines (1969–2014), an ethnoreligious conflict in the Philippines between the predominantly-Catholic government and Muslim separatists
Ethnic groups
- Moors, the English variation of the Spanish term Moro referring to Muslims inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the Middle Ages; from the Roman term Mauri used to refer to the Amazigh (Berber) peoples of then Mauretania during the Classical Age
- Moro people, the mostly Muslim people of southern Philippines; from the Spanish Moro referring to Muslims
- Sri Lankan Moors (Ceylon Moors), the third largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka; coined by early Portuguese colonisers referring to Muslims. In 1911 Indian Moors were separated as a distinct ethnic group before being re-amalgmated in 1971
- 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 (not be confused with South Sudan)
- Moru people, an ethnic group in South 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, a Kordofanian language spoken in southern Sudan by the Moro Nuba people
- Moru language, spoken in South Sudan by the Moru people
Places
- Asia
- Moro Station, Japanese railway station
- Moro, Pakistan, a city in Sindh province
- Moro Province, a former province of the Philippines
- 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, among rivers in Sierra Leone
- North America
- Moro, former name of Taft, California
- Moro, Oregon, the county seat of Sherman County, Oregon
- Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois
- Europe
- Móró, the Hungarian name for Morău village, Cornești, Cluj, Romania
- Moro (Italian river), a river in Italy
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
- Moros y Cristianos (food), the Cuban version of rice and beans
See also
- Moor (disambiguation)
- Moro-moro (Moros y cristianos), a play popular in the colonial-era Philippines
- Moro reflex
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