Moro

Mo·ro  (môr, mr)

n. pl. Moro or Mo·ros

1. A member of any of the predominantly Muslim Malay tribes of the southern Philippines.

2. Any of the Austronesian languages of the Moro.

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[Spanish, Moor, Muslim, Moro, from Latin Maurus, Moor; see Moor.]

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Moro [ˈmɔːrəʊ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ros, -ro a member of a group of predominantly Muslim peoples of the S Philippines: noted for their manufacture of weapons

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of these peoples, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

[via Spanish from Latin Maurus Moor]

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Moro²

n

(Biographies / Moro, Aldo (1916-1978) M, Italian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Aldo (ˈaldo). 1916-78, Italian Christian Democrat statesman; prime minister of Italy (1963-68; 1974-76) and minister of foreign affairs (1965-66; 1969-72; 1973-74). He negotiated the entry of the Italian Communist Party into coalition government before being kidnapped by the Red Brigades in 1978 and murdered

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Noun

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Moro - a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines Mindanao - the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic Filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines