Moto, Motos or MOTO may refer to:
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Moto Hospitality
Moto Hospitality, branded as Moto, is a British service station operator which operates 59 motorway service stations across the United Kingdom. It is currently the UK's largest service area operator.
History Operations (2001–2020)
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, a chain of motorway service stations in the United Kingdom
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Moto Gold Mines, an exploration and mining company acquired by Randgold Resources
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Moto (restaurant), a restaurant in Chicago known for its "high-tech" food
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Motorola Mobility, whose nickname was "Moto" during the feature-phone era before the rise of smartphones when the company was a division of Motorola
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Motorola Moto
Motorola Moto is a range of Android mobile devices manufactured by Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo. The Moto brand is also used and marketed for certain public-safety products from Motorola Solutions and by Motorola brand licensees on ce ...
, a brand of smartphones and smartwatches manufactured by Motorola Mobility
People
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Moto Hagio (born 1949), Japanese manga artist
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Hirokuni Moto (born 1970), Japanese boxer
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Iwa Moto
Aileen Quimado Iwamoto (born August 29, 1988), known by her stage name , is a Japanese–Filipino actress, model and reality television personality. She is the first runner up in the third season of '' StarStruck'', a reality-based talent se ...
, screen name of Filipino Japanese actress and model Aileen Iwamoto (born 1988)
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Kaoru Moto
Kaoru Moto (April 25, 1917 – August 26, 1992) was a United States Army soldier.Vachon, Duane "'Tegara osele na wo nokose', To leave a name behind - PFC Kaoru Moto, U.S. Army, WW II, 100th Infantry Battalion, Medal of Honor, (1917-1992),"''Ha ...
(1917–1992), U.S. Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
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Severo Moto Nsá
Severo Matías Moto Nsá (born November 6, 1943), known as Severo Moto, is the most notable opposition politician in Equatorial Guinea, and leader of the Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea. He lives in Spain where he has established a governme ...
(born 1943), opposition politician in Equatorial Guinea known as Severo Moto
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Yves Bitséki Moto (born 1983), Gabonese football goalkeeper
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Pablo Motos (born 1965), Spanish television show host and comedian
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Teresa Motos
Teresa Motos Izeta (born 29 December 1963 in Guipúzcoa) is a former field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona). Motos also competed ...
(born 1963), Spanish former field hockey player
Entertainment
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Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent created by the American author John P. Marquand. He appeared in six novels by Marquand published between 1935 and 1957. Marquand initially created the character for the ''Saturday Evening Post'', whi ...
, a fictional Japanese secret agent
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M.O.T.O.
M.O.T.O. (Masters of the Obvious) is an American Garage punk (fusion genre), garage punk band currently based in New Hampshire. Formed in New Orleans in 1981 by Paul Caporino, the lineup of the band has seen many changes over the years, with Ca ...
(short for Masters of the Obvious), a Chicago band
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Motos'', an arcade game released in 1985
*Motos, a fictitious creature found in Will Self's novel ''
The Book of Dave''
*Moto, one of the first two tribes featured in ''
Survivor: Fiji''
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''Girls on Top'' (album), a 2005 album by BoA, reissued under the title ''Moto''
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Moto Moto, a supporting character from the
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
franchise
Sports
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Motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
, a form of off-road motorcycle racing consisting of races called motos
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MotoGP and its divisions Moto1, Moto2 and Moto3
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Moto Club de São Luís
Moto Club de São Luís, commonly referred to as Moto Club, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Luís, Maranhão founded on 13 September 1937. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, ...
, a Brazilian football club
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Moto Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club
Other uses
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Moto'', a genus of
bugs in the tribe
Harpactorini
Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae (assassin bugs). This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.
This tribe contains the ...
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''Moto'' (magazine), a Zimbabwean Catholic community newspaper
* Shorthand for a small
motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...
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moped
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. The term used to mean a similar vehicle except with both bicycle pedals and a motorcycle engine. Mopeds typ ...
* Moto, a Central American and Peruvian incarnation of the
auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw. Most have three wheels and do not tilt. They are known by many terms in various countries including auto, auto rickshaw, baby taxi, mototaxi, pigeon, jonnybee, bajaj ...
Acronyms
* MO/TO (Mail Order/Telephone Order) in
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See also
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Motomoto (disambiguation)
Motomoto, Moto-Moto, or ''variant'', may refer to:
People
*Joseph Dupont (bishop) (1850–1930, nicknamed "Moto Moto"), French Catholic missionary priest to Zambia
Characters
*List of Madagascar (franchise) characters#Moto Moto, Moto Moto, a char ...
, including Moto-Moto
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Motto (disambiguation)
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