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 refer ...
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
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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 ...
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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 9 ...
(born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa"
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Moa Lignell
Moa Lignell (born 6 June 1994 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, who came in third place in ''Idol 2011''. Lignell released her first music single "When I Held Ya" during her time on Idol. She had sung the song during the ''Idol'' competi ...
(born 1994), Swedish singer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Moa River (Brazil)
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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
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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 ...
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Moa, Niger
Moa, Niger is a village and rural commune in Niger
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Moa, Mkinga District, in Tanga Region, Tanzania
Ship of the New Zealand Navy
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''Moa'' class patrol boat, built between 1978 and 1985
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HMNZS ''Moa'' (P3553), patrol boat
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HMNZS ''Moa'' (T233), minesweeper
Other
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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
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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
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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
Acronym
Science and mathematics
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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
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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 (linguistics)
* Massive Online Analysis, a free open-source software specific for data stream mining with concept drift
* Mechanism of action, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects
* Method of administration, in medicine
* Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the cytochrome bc1 complex, cytochrome ''bc''
1 complex
* Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics, a group of astrophysicists searching for exoplanets
* Migraine without Aura (symptom), aura
* Minute of arc, a term relating to angular measurement; known as Minute of Angle in firearms
* Modes of toxic action, Mode of Action is a field which investigates how a toxin affects an organism in vivo
Other
*Minute of angle, a way of determining firearm accuracy
*Making of America, 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, 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
* Ministry of Agriculture
* MOA Museum of Art in Japan
* Moscow Airlines, an ICAO airline designator
* Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Canada
*Moment of Alwaysness (모아), the fan base of the group Tomorrow X Together
See also
* Moai (disambiguation)
* Mua (disambiguation)
* Mower
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