Moro Explained
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 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 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, an ethnic group
- Moro people, also known as the Ayoreo people, an indigenous people of Bolivia and Paraguay
- Moro Nuba people, a subgroup of the Nuba people in southern Sudan
- Moru people, an ethnic group in South Sudan
- Moroccans, shortened form or slang referring to people from Morocco, sometimes used among immigrant communities
Languages
Places
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
- Moro, former name of Taft, California
- 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 in Aroostook County, Maine
Other uses
- Moro (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate bar made by Cadbury
- Moro (surname), a surname
- Moro Movement, 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
- Moro, a cultivar of the blood orange
- Moro, a character in Dragon Ball Super series
- Moro, a character in 1988 Soviet film The Needle played by Viktor Tsoi
See also