Mo or MO may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Mo, a girl in the '' Horrible Histories'' TV series * Mo, also known as Mortimer, in the novel '' Inkheart'' by Cornelia Funke * Mo, in the webcomic ''

Jesus and Mo ''Jesus and Mo'' is a British webcomic created by an artist using the pseudonym Mohammed Jones. Launched in November 2005, the comic is published on its eponymous website once a week now. Set-up The comic is simply drawn, typically using a sing ...

'' * Mo, the main character in the ''

Mo's Mischief Mo's Mischief, known in Chinese as ''Mischief Maker Ma Xiaotiao'' (淘气包马小跳), is a series of children's books written by Chinese author Yang Hongying, first published in 2003. The books revolve around the protagonist Mo Shen Ma, a studen ...

'' children's book series * Mo, an ophthalmosaurus from ''

The Land Before Time ''The Land Before Time'' is an American animated film series and media franchise created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss, distributed by Universal Pictures and centered on dinosaurs. The series began in 1988 with the eponymous ''The Land Befor ...

'' franchise * MO (Maintenance Operator), a robot in the Filmation series ''

Young Sentinels ''Space Sentinels'' (originally titled ''Young Sentinels'' and renamed midway through its only season) is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirte ...

'' * Mo, a main character in '' Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'' * M-O (Microbe Obliterator), a robot in film '' WALL-E'' * Mo the clown, a character played by Roy Rene, 20th-century Australian stage comedian *

Mo Effanga Maureen "Mo" Effanga is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by actress Chizzy Akudolu. She first appeared in the fourteenth series episode "Double Bubble", broadcast on 22 May 2012. Mo is a consultant cardiot ...

, in the BBC medical drama series ''Holby City'' * Mo Harris, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Little Mo Mitchell, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''

Films

* "Mo" (魔 demon), original title of ''

The Boxer's Omen ''The Boxer's Omen'' (魔, ''Mó'', ''Magic'') is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It is sometimes described as a sequel to ''Bewitched'' (1980), also directed by Chih-Hung. Plot Ch ...

'', a 1983 Hong Kong film * ''Mo'' (2010 film), a television movie about British politician Mo Mowlam * ''Mo'' (2016 film), a Tamil horror film

Music

* ''M.O.'' (album), a 2013 album by American hip hop artist Nelly *

M.O M.O are an English girl group consisting of members Annie Ashcroft and Chanal Benjilali, and previously Frankee Connolly until her departure in June 2017 and Nadine Samuels until her departure in 2020. The group was formed in 2012 by the member ...

, an English pop trio *

MØ Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen (; born 13 August 1988), known professionally as MØ (), is a Danish singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 2012, releasing her debut extended play, ''Bikini ...

, a Danish singer * The MO, a Dutch pop band * Mo Awards, annual awards for Australian live entertainment *

Yamaha MO The Yamaha MO6/MO8 is a music production synthesizer that comes in two sizes. The MO6 is the 61-key while the MO8 is the 88 weighted key version. The two versions use Yamaha's AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) tone generator also used in the Motif and t ...

, a music synthesizer

Other arts and entertainment

Mo (Oz) ''The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People'' (copyright registered June 17, 1896) is the first full-length children's literature, children's fantasy (genre), fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum. Originally published in 18 ...

, a fictional country in the book ''The Magical Monarch of Mo'' by L. Frank Baum * ''Mo'' (TV series), a 2022 comedy-drama

Businesses and organizations

* Altria Group, formerly Philip Morris (New York Stock Exchange symbol MO) * Calm Air (IATA airline designator MO), an airline based in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada * Milicja Obywatelska, a state police institution in Poland from 1944 to 1990

Language

* Mo (kana), Romanisation of the Japanese kana も and モ * Mo language (disambiguation) * Moldavian language (deprecated ISO 639-1 language code "mo")

People

* Mo (given name) * Emperor Mo (disambiguation), the posthumous name of various Chinese emperors * Mo (Chinese surname) * Mo (Korean surname) *

, Danish singer songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted (born 1988) *

Mr. Mo (rapper) Jim Crow was a rap group from Atlanta made up of Polow da Don, Cutty Cartel, and Mr. Mo. Their debut album peaked at No. 99 on ''Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Its first single, "That Drama (Baby's Mama)", featuring Too Short, peaked ...

, rapper, member of the group Jim Crow *

Mr. Mo (singer) Kaliber is a Danish rap-band from Copenhagen made up of rappers DB King and Livid rapper and vocalists Face It and Mr. Mo. They had a charting hit with "Det Dødt Nu" in 2013. They are well known for their song " Hardhitter" featuring Danish ...

, member of the Danish band Kaliber *

Mo Twister Mohan Gumatay (born October 19, 1977), known professionally as Mo Twister, is a Filipino American radio and television presenter. He is best known for his ''Good Times'' programs, which started as a radio show and later spun off to the televisio ...

, Filipino radio DJ and TV host Mohan Gumatay (born 1977) * Mo Hayder, a pen name of British crime novelist Beatrice Clare Dunkel (1962–2021) *

Mo (wrestler) Robert Lawrence Horne (born April 13, 1967) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler who is most famous for his time in the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1996 under the ring name Mo (later Sir Mo), where he held the WWF World T ...

, ring name of Robert Horne (born 1964), professional wrestler

Places

Norway

* Mo i Rana, a town in Rana municipality, Nordland county *

Mo, Agder Mo is a village in Vegårshei municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northernmost edge of the lake Vegår, about north of the municipal centre of Myra Myra ( grc, Μύρα, ''Mýra'') was a Lycian, then anc ...

, a village in Vegårshei municipality, Agder county *

Mo, Innlandet Mo is a village in the municipality of Nord-Odal in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located at the northern end of the lake Storsjøen. The village of Knapper lies about to the north of Mo and the village of Sand lies about to the west of Mo. ...

, a village in Nord-Odal municipality, Innlandet county * Mo, Møre og Romsdal, a village in Surnadal municipality, Møre og Romsdal county *

Mo, Telemark Mo is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Tokke Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Vistad which is located just we ...

, a former municipality in the old Telemark county *

Mo, Vestland Mo is the administrative centre of Modalen municipality, located in northern Vestland county, Norway. The village lies at the mouth of the river Moelva, where it empties into the Romarheimsfjorden (also known as the Mofjorden). The small village ...

, a village in Modalen municipality, Vestland county *

Mo Church (disambiguation) Mo Church may refer to several different churches in Norway: *Mo Church (Innlandet), a church in Nord-Odal municipality in Innlandet county, Norway * Mo Church (Møre og Romsdal), a church in Surnadal municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway ...

, a list of several churches by this name in Norway

Elsewhere

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

, Ireland (vehicle plate code MO) * Macau (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code MO) * Missouri, US (postal abbreviation) *

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

, Russia * Province of Modena, Italy (vehicle plate code MO)

Religion

Mo (divination) Mo is a form of divination that is part of the culture and religion of Tibet. The Tibetan people consult ''Mo'' when making important decisions about health, work or travel. Mo employs dice and there are books written by various '' lamas'' on i ...

, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist technique of divination * Mo (religion), an animist religion of the Zhuang people of China *

Modern Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism (also Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law with the secular, modern world. Modern Orthodoxy draws on sever ...

, a movement that attempts to synthesize Orthodox Jewish values with the secular world

Science and technology

Computing

.mo :''.mo can also refer to the file extension of binary files that have been compiled from .po files using GNU gettext.'' .mo is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Macau, China. The registry for this domain name is operated b ...

, country code top level domain of Macau * Magneto-optical drive (magneto-optical storage), a data storage medium * Microsoft Office, an office software suite * Mode of operation, in encryption block ciphers * Motivating operation, a term describing the effectiveness of consequences in operant conditioning

Other uses in science and technology

Mo (grist mill) Mo ()Needham, Joseph (1965). ''Science and Civilization in China, Vol. IV: Physics and Physical Technology'', p.188. . were stone implements used for grinding wheat in ancient China. It was a rotary quern millstone powered by a hand-operated crank f ...

(磨), ancient Chinese stone implements used to grind grain into flour * ''

Magnus and Oberhettinger Hans Heinrich Wilhelm Magnus known as Wilhelm Magnus (February 5, 1907 in Berlin, Germany – October 15, 1990 in New Rochelle, New York) was a German-American mathematician. He made important contributions in combinatorial group theory, Lie algebr ...

'' aka "''Formulas and Theorems for the Functions of Mathematical Physics''", a mathematics book on special functions *

Manual override A manual override (MO) or manual analog override (MAO) is a mechanism where control is taken from an automated system and given to the user. For example, a manual override in photography refers to the ability for the human photographer to turn off t ...

, a mechanism wherein control is taken from an automated system and given to the user * Metalorganics, also known as organometallics, in chemistry and materials science * Molecular orbital, a mathematical function describing the wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule *

Molybdenum Molybdenum is a chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42 which is located in period 5 and group 6. The name is from Neo-Latin ''molybdaenum'', which is based on Ancient Greek ', meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lea ...

, symbol Mo, a chemical element *

Momentary open In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of ...

(MO), a group of electrical switches

Vehicles

* MO-class small guard ship, a class of small ships produced before and during World War II for the Soviet Navy * Morris Oxford MO, an automobile produced by Morris Motors of the United Kingdom from 1948 to 1954

Other uses

* Mo (Chinese zoology), a name that semantically changed from "giant panda", to "a mythical chimera", to "tapir" * ''

Modus operandi A ''modus operandi'' (often shortened to M.O.) is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode (or manner) of op ...

'' (abbreviation m.o.), Latin meaning "mode of operation"; distinctive behavior patterns of an entity * Month (abbreviation mo.), a unit of time of approximately 30 days *

Operation Mo or the Port Moresby Operation was a Japanese plan to take control of the Australian Territory of New Guinea during World War II as well as other locations in the South Pacific. The goal was to isolate Australia and New Zealand from the Allied ...

, or the Port Moresby Operation, a Japanese plan to take the Australian Territory of New Guinea during World War II *

Medical officer (disambiguation) A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the ...

* The Australian English diminutive word for moustache.