Moro may refer to:

Events

Moro Crater massacre The First Battle of Bud Dajo, also known as the Moro Crater Massacre, was a counterinsurgency action fought by the United States Army against Moro people, Moros in March 1906, during the Moro Rebellion in the southwestern Philippines. Whether th ...

(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''). Las ...

(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 The Moro conflict is an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines, which has involved multiple armed groups, and has been ongoing since March 1968. Peace deals have been signed between the Philippine government and two major arm ...

(1969–2014), an ethnoreligious conflict in the Philippines between the predominantly-Catholic government and Muslim separatists

Ethnic groups

Moro people The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. ''Moro nation'' or ''Moro country''). As Muslim-majorit ...

, 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 or Ceylon Moors, an ethnic group *

Indian Moors Indian Moors were a grouping of people who existed in Sri Lanka predominantly during its colonial period. They were distinguished by their Muslim faith whose origins traced back to the British Raj. Therefore, Indian Moors refer to a number of eth ...

, 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 Moru ( fa, مروع, also Romanized as Morū‘ and Morrū‘; also known as Maroo’i) is a village in Chah-e Mobarak Rural District, Chah-e Mobara ...

, 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 Ayoreo is a Zamucoan language spoken in both Paraguay and Bolivia. It is also known as Morotoco, Moro, Ayoweo, Ayoré, and Pyeta Yovai. However, the name "Ayoreo" is more common in Bolivia, and "Morotoco" in Paraguay. It is spoken by Ayoreo, an ...

, spoken in Peru and Bolivia * Moro language (Nigeria), an East Kainji language spoken in Nigeria * Moro language, 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, a Local Government Area in Kwara State * Moro River (Mano River), a tributary of the Mano River in Sierra Leone and Liberia; see

List of rivers of Sierra Leone This is a list of rivers in Sierra Leone. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean *Great Scarcies River (Kolenté River) *Little Scarcies River (Kaba River) ...

Asia

* Moro Station, Japanese railway station * Moro, Pakistan, a city in Sindh province *

Moro Province Moro Province was a province of the Philippines consisting of the regions of Zamboanga, Lanao, Cotabato, Davao, and Jolo. It was later split into provinces and regions organized under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, along with the form ...

, a former province of the Philippines

Europe

Moro (Italian river) The Moro is a river in Italy. It is located in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Its source is located near Guardiagrele. The river flows northeast past Orsogna and Lanciano before flowing into the Adriatic Sea near ...

, a river in Italy *

Moro (Ribadesella) Moro is one of nine parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadesella, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escud ...

, a parish of Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain * Móró, the Hungarian name for Morău village,

Cornești, Cluj Cornești ( hu, Magyarszarvaskend; german: Hirschdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Bârlea (''Ónok''), Cornești, Igriția (''Kisigrice''), Lujerdiu (''Lózsárd''), Morău (''Móró''), Sto ...

, 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 popul ...

Moro, Oregon Moro is a city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Sherman County It’s currently the least-populous county seat in Oregon. Moro was incorporated on February 17, 1899, b ...

, the county seat of Sherman County, Oregon *

Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois Moro Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily locat ...

, a township in Madison County, Illinois *

Moro, Illinois Moro is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Moro, like all of Madison County, is part of the Illinois Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Whilst still being in the Metro-East, Moro i ...

, 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) Moro is the brand name of a caramel and nougat layered chocolate bar currently made by Cadbury and sold in Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. This type is similar to the Mars bar or American-style Milky way bar. The name was also ...

, 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 camouflage pattern 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 The blood orange is a variety of orange ( ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'') (also referred to as raspberry orange) with crimson, almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of anthocyanins, a family of polyp ...

*Moro, a character in ''Dragon Ball Super'' series