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Oro or ORO, meaning
gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
in Spanish and Italian, may refer to:


Music and dance

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Oro (dance) Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance traditionally performed in Southeast Europe. Circle dances with similar names are found in Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey culturally adopted by ethnic ...
, a Balkan circle dance *
Oro (eagle dance) Crnogorsko oro ( Montenegrin and Serbian: ''crnogorsko oro'' / црногорско оро, ), or simply oro is a Montenegrin national folk dance originating in the Dinaric region of the Western Balkans. The name 'oro' derives from the dialectal ...
, an eagle dance from Montenegro and Herzegovina * "Oro" (Mango song), 1984 * "Oro" (Jelena Tomašević song), the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest * ''ORO'', an album by
Ufomammut Ufomammut () is an Italian doom metal band formed in 1999 by guitarist Poia, bassist and vocalist Urlo, and drummer Vita. They have released eight studio albums to date, the last three through Neurot Recordings. History Ufomammut was formed in ...
* '' Óró – A Live Session'', an album by Máire Brennan * '' Oro: Grandes Éxitos'', an album by ABBA *
Oro album In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) operates an awards program based on the certified number of albums and single (music), singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.Oro, Estonia, a village *
Orø Orø is a small List of islands of Denmark, island in Denmark located in the Isefjord within Holbæk Municipality. The island covers and has a population of 995 (). There are four villages on Orø: Bybjerg, the largest village on the island wit ...
, an island in Denmark *
Örö Örö is a large island in the Archipelago Sea in Finland. It is part of the municipality of Kimitoön Kimitoön (; ; ) is a municipality and island of Finland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito a ...
, a Finnish island northeast of Oskarshamn, Sweden * 4733 ORO, a main-belt asteroid * Oro City, Colorado, US, a ghost town * Oro County, Kansas Territory, a US county from 1859 to 1861 *
Oro Moraine The Oro Moraine is a glacial moraine in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The moraine covers north of Barrie, Ontario. The moraine drains into Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, and the smaller Lake Simcoe. Water transporting layers within the morai ...
, Ontario, Canada, a glacial moraine *
Oro Province Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province in the Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, Southern Region of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The provinc ...
, Papua New Guinea **
Oro Bay Oro Bay is a bay in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, located southeast of Buna. The bay is located within the larger Dyke Ackland Bay. A port is operated by PNG Ports Corporation Limited with limited wharf facilities, located at . History Du ...
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Oro-Medonte Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County. The Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church School was a rural segregated Black school established in 1849 in Oro-Medonte, O ...
or Oro, Ontario, Canada, a township *
Yonggwang County Yŏnggwang County is a county in South Hamgyong Province, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. Geography The county is primarily mountainous, and is traversed by the Pujollyong Mountains, Pujŏllyŏng Mountains (부전령산맥). However, the ...
or Oro, North Korea ** Oro concentration camp, a North Korean concentration camp for political prisoners * Oro, a place in
Irepodun, Kwara Irepodun is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Omu-Aran. The local government is located on 8.5381º N, 5.1431º E. It has an area of 737 km and a population of 148,610 at the 2006 census. I ...
, Nigeria


Sports

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CD Oro Club Deportivo Oro is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, that competes in Liga TDP, the fourth level division of Mexican football. Founded in 1923, it was one of five clubs from the state of Jalisco to play ...
, a football club in Jalisco, Mexico *
Oro F.C. Oro FC, known for sponsorship reasons as NC Civil Works Oro FC and briefly as Oro Bird Wing FC, is a semi-professional soccer club founded in 2013 and hailing from Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, but playing their home games Port Moresby. The club ...
, a semi-professional association football team from Papua New Guinea


Other uses

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Oro (name) Oro is a Spanish-language name literally meaning "gold". It may be a given name, a nickname or a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Oro (wrestler), Jesús Javier Hernández Solís (1971–1993), Mexican professional wrestler * Alfr ...
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Oro (beverage) Oro is a Peruvian brand of soft drink owned by the Ajegroup and sold in Perú, Ecuador and Venezuela. Oro is a rival product to Inca Kola sharing the same characteristics such as the yellow color. Oro is sold in PET A pet, or companion ...
, a Peruvian soft drink *
Oro (grape) Garganega (, ; meaning "from Gargano") is a variety of white Italian wine grape widely grown in the Veneto region of North East Italy, particularly in the provinces of Verona and Vicenza. It is Italy's 6th most widely planted white grape. It f ...
or garganega, an Italian wine grape * Oro (''Street Fighter''), a video game character in ''Street Fighter III'' * 'Oro, a god in Polynesian mythology * Oro, a type of
tequila Tequila (; ) is a liquor, distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, Jalisco, Tequila northwest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (''Los Altos (Jal ...
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Oak Ridge Observatory The Oak Ridge Observatory (ORO, code: 801), also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. It was operated by the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian as a facility of the Smit ...
or ORO, an observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, United States *
Open Research Online Open Research Online (ORO) is a repository of research publications run by The Open University (OU).Open Research Online
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, an open-access repository of research publications * Oro language, a Lower Cross River language of Nigeria * Oro languages, a language family of Papua New Guinea * Orokolo language, by ISO 639-3 code


See also

* El Oro (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname