Moro
Moro may refer to:
Events
- Moro Crater massacre, an engagement in the Philippine–American War
- The Moro River Campaign, a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy in 1943
- Moro insurgency in the Philippines, religion-based civil war in the Philippines between the Catholic government and Islamic separatists (1969–2014)
Groups
- Moro people, the mostly Muslim people of Southern Philippines
- Moro people, also known as the Ayoreo people, an indigenous people of Bolivia and Paraguay
- Moru people, an ethnic group in Southern Sudan
- Moro people, also known as the Moro Nuba people, a subgroup of the Nuba people in Sudan
Languages
- Moro, an alternative name for the Ayoreo language, spoken in Peru and Bolivia
- Moro language, a Kordofanian language spoken in South Sudan
People
- Aldo Moro (1916–1978), Italian politician and prime minister
- Andrea Moro (born 1962) Italian linguist and neuroscientist
- Cristoforo Moro (1390-1471), 67th Doge of Venice
- Ernst Moro (1874–1951), Austrian physician and pediatrician
- Fabio Moro (born 1977), Italian footballer
- Iván Moro (born 1974), Spanish Olympic water polo champion
- Oscar Moro (1948-2006), Argentine rock musician
- Sérgio Moro (born 1972), Brazilian federal judge
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 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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