Moro

Mo·ro

 (môr′ō)

n. pl. Moro or Mo·ros

1. A member of any of the predominantly Muslim Malay peoples 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)

npl -ros or -ro

1. (Peoples) a member of a group of predominantly Muslim peoples of the S Philippines: noted for their manufacture of weapons

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

[C19: via Spanish from Latin Maurus Moor]

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Moro

(Italian ˈmɔːro)

n

(Biography) 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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Mo•ro

(ˈmɔr oʊ, ˈmoʊr oʊ)

n., pl. -ros.

a member of any of a number of Muslim peoples of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines.

[< Sp < Latin Maurus Moor]

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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

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