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
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 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 (born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa"
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Moa Lignell (born 1994), Swedish singer
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Moa Kikuchi (菊地 最愛 Kikuchi Moa, born July 4, 1999), a Japanese idol, singer, and model.
Places
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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), 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
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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)
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, ...
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Moa River (Cuba)
;Towns and villages
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Moa, Cuba
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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
* ''
Moa Anbessa'', 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 ...
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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)
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Massive Online Analysis, a free open-source software specific for data stream mining with concept drift
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Mechanism of action, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects
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Method of administration
A route of administration in pharmacology and toxicology is the way by which a medication, drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body.
Routes of administration are generally classified by the location at which the substance i ...
, in medicine
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Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the
cytochrome ''bc''1 complex
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Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics, a group of astrophysicists searching for exoplanets
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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
Aura most commonly refers to:
* Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object
* Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
Aura may also refer to:
Places Extraterrestrial
* 1488 ...
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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 in firearms
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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 ...
Other
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Minute of angle, a way of determining firearm accuracy
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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
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Memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding, an agreement between two or more parties
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Memorandum of association, a document required to incorporate a company in many Commonwealth countries
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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
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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
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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 ...
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Ministry of Agriculture
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MOA Museum of Art in Japan
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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
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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
See also
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Moai (disambiguation) Moai are large statues of Easter Island.
Moai also may refer to:
* Moai (seamount), submarine volcano type
* Moai kavakava, small wooden statues
* Moai (game development platform)
* Moai (social support groups), Japanese institution
See also
* ...
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Mua (disambiguation)
Mua or MUA may refer to:
People
* Mua (title), a chiefly title of Rotuma
* Mua people, an indigenous Australian Torres Strait Island people
* Dickson Mua (born 1972), Solomon Islands politician
* Metuisela Mua, Fijian intelligence officer and po ...
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Mower
A mower is a person or machine that cuts (mows) grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g. with reapers ...
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