Moa Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as Kale moa and Moa Samoa. Moa or MOA may also refe ...

are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as

Kale moa Kale (), or leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'') cultivars grown for their vegetable, edible leaves, although some are used as Kale#Ornamental kale, ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the c ...

and

Moa Samoa Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as Kale moa and Moa Samoa. Moa or MOA may also refe ...

. Moa or MOA may also refer to:

People

Moa (name) Moa is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Anika Moa (born 1980), New Zealand singer-songwriter *Taniela Moa (born 1985), Tongan rugby player *Sam Moa (born 1986), Tongan rugby player *Pío Moa (born 194 ...

Mohammed Abdellaoue Mohammed "Moa" Abdellaoue ( ar, محمد عبد اللاوي; born 23 October 1985) is a retired Norwegian footballer who played as a forward. He started his career with Skeid and Vålerenga before moving to Germany where he played for Hannover ...

(born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa" *

Moa Lignell Moa Lignell (born 6 June 1994 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, who came in third place in ''Idol 2011 Idol 2011 was the Swedish Idol series' eight season and premiered on TV4 on 4 September 2011. Pär Lernström was the new host of ...

(born 1994), Swedish singer *

Moa Kikuchi is a Japanese musician, singer, model, and actress. She is represented by the talent agency Amuse, Inc. She is a member of the kawaii metal group Babymetal and a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. Biography Moa Kikuchi was signed ...

(菊地最愛 Kikuchi Moa, born July 4, 1999), a Japanese idol, singer, and model.

Places

;Islands *

Moa (Indonesia) Moa is an Indonesian island, at the center of the Leti Islands, and one of the 92 officially listed List of outlying islands of Indonesia, outlying islands of Indonesia. Moa is located in southwest Maluku (province), Maluku Provinces of Indonesi ...

, one of the Leti Islands *

Moa Island (Queensland) Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality within the Torres Strait ...

, in Australia ;Malls * Mall of Alnor, in Maguindanao, Philippines *

Mall of America Mall of America (MOA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway ...

, in Minnesota, United States *

SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA, is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the ...

, in Manila, Philippines ;Rivers *

Moa River The Moa River (Makona River) is a river in west Africa. It arises in the highlands of Guinea and flows southwest, forming parts of the Guinea–Liberia and the Guinea – Sierra Leone borders. It flows into the Southern Province, Sierra Leone, ...

, in west Africa * Moa River (Brazil) *

Moa River (Cuba) The Moa River (Makona River) is a river in west Africa. It arises in the highlands of Guinea and flows southwest, forming parts of the Guinea–Liberia and the Guinea – Sierra Leone borders. It flows into the Southern Province, Sierra Leone, ...

;Towns and villages *

Moa, Cuba Moa is a municipality and an industrial city in the Holguín Province of Cuba. Its name is believed to mean "water here". History Moa, one of the youngest cities in Cuba, was founded in 1939. One of the most significant personalities linked to it ...

Moa, Niger Moa, Niger is a village and rural commune in Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages

* Moa, Mkinga District, in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Ship of the New Zealand Navy

* ''Moa'' class patrol boat, built between 1978 and 1985 * HMNZS ''Moa'' (P3553), patrol boat * HMNZS ''Moa'' (T233), minesweeper

Other

Moa-nalo The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaii itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands until they became extinct after human settle ...

, an extinct group of aberrant duck native to Hawaii * ''

Moa Anbessa ''Moa Anbessa'' is an album by Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria with Dutch post-punk band The Ex and guests, released in 2006 on The Ex's subsidiary label Terp. Background The project came together on the heels of The Ex's previous studi ...

'', an album by Getatchew Mekuria *

Psilotum nudum ''Psilotum nudum'', the whisk fern, is a fernlike plant. Like the other species in the order Psilotales, it lacks roots. Its name, ''Psilotum nudum'', means "bare naked" in Latin, because it lacks (or seems to lack) most of the organs of typica ...

Moa also called Whisk fern - indigenous to Hawaiian Islands

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Science and mathematics

Magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster The magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster (MOA; often named as plasma engine by the media) is a versatile electrothermodynamic system, which is able to accelerate nearly every electrically charged gaseous medium ( plasma application) to extr ...

, a novel propulsion system with several terrestrial applications *

Mars Organic Analyzer Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission forming part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the rover ''Perseverance'', the small robotic, coaxial helicopter '' Ingenuity'', and associated delivery vehicles. Mars 2020 was launched from Ear ...

Manner of articulation In articulatory phonetics, the manner of articulation is the configuration and interaction of the articulators (speech organs such as the tongue, lips, and palate) when making a speech sound. One parameter of manner is ''stricture,'' that is, h ...

(linguistics) *

Massive Online Analysis Massive Online Analysis (MOA) is a free open-source software project specific for data stream mining with concept drift. It is written in Java and developed at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Description MOA is an open-source framework ...

, a free open-source software specific for data stream mining with concept drift *

Mechanism of action In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect. A mechanism of action usually includes mention of the specific molecular targe ...

, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects *

Method of administration A route of administration in pharmacology and toxicology is the way by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body. Routes of administration are generally classified by the location at which the substance is applied. ...

, in medicine * Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the cytochrome ''bc''₁ complex *

Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) is a collaborative project between researchers in New Zealand and Japan, led by Professor Yasushi Muraki of Nagoya University. They use microlensing to observe dark matter, extra-solar planets, and ...

, a group of astrophysicists searching for exoplanets *

Migraine Migraine (, ) is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headaches. Typically, the associated headache affects one side of the head, is pulsating in nature, may be moderate to severe in intensity, and could last from a few hou ...

without aura *

Minute of arc A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol , is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree. Since one degree is of a turn (or complete rotation), one minute of arc is of a turn. The na ...

, a term relating to angular measurement; known as

Minute of Angle A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol , is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree. Since one degree is of a turn (or complete rotation), one minute of arc is of a turn. The na ...

in firearms *

Mode of Action A mode of action (MoA) describes a functional or anatomical change, resulting from the exposure of a living organism to a substance. In comparison, a mechanism of action (MOA) describes such changes at the molecular level. A mode of action is impor ...

is a field which investigates how a toxin affects an organism

in vivo Studies that are ''in vivo'' (Latin for "within the living"; often not italicized in English) are those in which the effects of various biological entities are tested on whole, living organisms or cells, usually animals, including humans, and ...

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Minute of angle A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol , is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree. Since one degree is of a turn (or complete rotation), one minute of arc is of a turn. The na ...

, a way of determining firearm accuracy *

Making of America Making of America (MoA) is a collaborative effort by Cornell University and the University of Michigan to digitize and make available a collection of primary sources relating to the development of U.S infrastructure. The Making of America collection ...

, a digital library project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University * Memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding, an agreement between two or more parties * Memorandum of association, a document required to incorporate a company in many Commonwealth countries *

Metal Open Air Metal Open Air (also known simply as MOA) was an unsuccessful 2012 heavy metal festival. It took place between 20–22 April, at the Parque Independência, 25 km southeast from downtown São Luís, Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. Due to probl ...

, a Brazilian heavy metal festival * Military operations area, an area where United States military activity takes place, used on Sectional Aeronautical Charts to define boundaries for Military and Civilian Aircraft Flights *

Mine Owners' Association In the United States, a Mine Owners' Association (MOA), also sometimes referred to as a Mine Operators' Association or a Mine Owners' Protective Association, is the combination of individual mining companies, or groups of mining companies, into an a ...

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

MOA Museum of Art The is a private museum in the city of Atami, Japan. History The museum was established in 1982 by the Mokichi Okada Association (MOA) to house the art collection of their founder, multimillionaire and religious leader Mokichi Okada (1882– ...

in Japan *

Moscow Airlines Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (russian: Авиакомпания Атлант-Союз), known as Moscow Airlines (russian: Авиакомпания Москва) during 2010-2011, was an airline based in Moscow, Russia, that operated domestic and inter ...

, an ICAO airline designator *

Museum of Anthropology at UBC The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is renowned for its displays of world arts and cultures, in particular works by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest. As well as ...

in Canada *Moment of Alwaysness (모아), the fan base of the group

Tomorrow X Together Tomorrow X Together (, ; Tomorrow by Together, stylized TOMORROW X TOGETHER), commonly known as TXT ( ), is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment, now known as Big Hit Music. The group consists of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin ...

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