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Moro

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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

  • Moors, the English variation of the Spanish term moro referring to Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the Middle Ages
  • Moro people, a mostly Muslim people of southern Philippines
  • 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

  • Moro, an alternative name for the Ayoreo language, spoken in Peru and Bolivia
  • Moro language, a Kordofanian language spoken in southern Sudan by the Moro Nuba people
  • Moru language, 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

Asia

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

Other uses

See also

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