Moro may refer to:

Events

* Moro Crater massacre (1906), an engagement in the Philippine–American War *

Moro River Campaign The Moro River Campaign was an important battle of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War, fought between elements of the British Eighth Army and LXXVI Panzer Corps (''LXXVI Panzerkorps'') of the German 10th Army (''10. Armee''). Last ...

(1943), a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy * Moro insurgency in the Philippines (1969–2014), an ethnoreligious conflict in the Philippines between the predominantly-Catholic government and Muslim separatists

Ethnic groups

* Moro people, a mostly Muslim people of southern Philippines *

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...

, the English variation of the Spanish term ''moro'' referring to Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the Middle Ages *

Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Moors ( ta, இலங்கைச் சோனகர், translit=Ilaṅkaic Cōṉakar; si, ලංකා යෝනක, translit=Lanka Yonaka; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minorit ...

or Ceylon Moors, an ethnic group * Indian Moors, an ethnic group * Moro people, also known as the

Ayoreo people The Ayoreo (Ayoreode, Ayoréo, Ayoréode) are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. They live in an area surrounded by the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Parapetí, and Grande Rivers, spanning both Bolivia and Paraguay. There are approximately 5,600 ...

, an indigenous people of Bolivia and Paraguay * Moro Nuba people, a subgroup of the Nuba people in southern Sudan *

Moru people Moru may refer to: * Moru people, an ethnic group of South Sudan ** Moru language * Moru, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province * Moru, Kerman Muruiyeh ( fa, موروييه, also Romanized as Mūrū’īyeh; also known as Mooroo’eyeh Siriz, Morū, ...

, an ethnic group in South Sudan *

Moroccans Moroccans (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Kingdom of Morocco. The country's population is predominantly composed of Arabs and Berbers (Amazigh). The term also applies more broadly to any people who are of Moroccan nationality, s ...

, shortened form or slang referring to people from Morocco, sometimes used among immigrant communities

Languages

* Moro, an alternative name for the Ayoreo language, spoken in Peru and Bolivia *

Moro language (Nigeria) Moro is an East Kainji language of NigeriaBlench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Sc ...

, an East Kainji language spoken in Nigeria *

Moro language Moro is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken by the Moro people in the Nuba Mountains of Kordofan, Sudan. Writing system A Moro orthography was developed by Christian missionaries in 1936 and a New Testament using it was publish ...

, a Kordofanian language spoken in southern Sudan by the Moro Nuba people *

Moru language Moru is a Central Sudanic language spoken in South Sudan by the Moru people. Dialects are Agi, Andri, ’Bali’ba, Kadiro, also known as Lakama’di, Miza and Moruwa’di. Demographics A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Moro (Moru) reside in K ...

, spoken in South Sudan by the Moru people

Places

Africa

Moro, Kwara Moro is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. It has an area of 3,272 km and a population of 108,792 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the ...

, a Local Government Area in Kwara State *

Moro River (Mano River) Moro may refer to: Events * Moro Crater massacre (1906), an engagement in the Philippine–American War * Moro River Campaign (1943), a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy * Moro ...

, a tributary of the Mano River in Sierra Leone and Liberia; see List of rivers of Sierra Leone

Asia

Moro Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Moroyama, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Moro Station is served by the single-track Hachikō Line between and , and lies 5.8 km from the sta ...

, Japanese railway station *

Moro, Pakistan Moro ( Sindhi:مورو, ur, ) is a city in the Naushahro Feroze District, of Sindh, Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 12 Union councils. and is located on National highway (N5) in the centre of Sindh at an altitude of 28&n ...

, a city in Sindh province *

Moro Province Moro Province was a province of the Philippines consisting of the regions of Zamboanga (province), Zamboanga, Lanao (province), Lanao, Cotabato (historical province), Cotabato, Davao (province), Davao, and Sulu Archipelago, Jolo. It was later spl ...

, a former province of the Philippines

Europe

* Moro (Italian river), a river in Italy * Moro (Ribadesella), a parish of Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain * Móró, the Hungarian name for Morău village, Cornești, Cluj, Romania

North America

* Moro, former name of

Taft, California Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) is a city in the foothills at the extreme southwestern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The popula ...

* Moro, Oregon, the county seat of Sherman County, Oregon * Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois, a township in Madison County, Illinois * Moro, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois * Moro Plantation, a

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

in Aroostook County, Maine

Other uses

* Moro (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate bar made by Cadbury * Moro (surname), a surname *

Moro Movement {{Use dmy dates, date=August 2014 The aim of the Moro Movement of Isatabu, in Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea ...

, a social, political, and economic movement in the Solomon Islands * Moro, a

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formerly used by several Polish military formations * Moro, a wolf-god in the Studio Ghibli animated film ''

Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida ...

'' * Moro, a cultivar of the blood orange *Moro, a character in ''Dragon Ball Super'' series