Moro

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moros \Mo"ros\, n. pl.; sing. {Moro}. [Sp., pl. of Moro Moor.]
     (Ethnol.)
     The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands,
     said to have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some of them are
     warlike and addicted to piracy.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moro \Mo"ro\ (m[=o]"r[-o]), n. [Cf. It. mora mulberry, L.
     morum.] (Med.)
     A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.
     --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moro \Mo"ro\ (m[=o]"r[-o]), prop. n.; pl. {Moros}
     (m[=o]"r[-o]s). [Sp., moor. See {moor}, n. and {Moros}.]
     1. (Ethnol.) A member of any of the {Moros}, a group one of
        various tribes of the southern Phillippine Islands, mostly
        Malays adhering to Mohammedanism.
        [PJC]
  
     2. (Linguistics) Any of the languages of the Moro people, of
        the Austronesian language family.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Moro
       n : a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern
           Philippines

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Moro, AR (town, FIPS 46910)
    Location: 34.79253 N, 90.98927 W
    Population (1990): 287 (117 housing units)
    Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72368
  Moro, IL
    Zip code(s): 62067
  Moro, OR (city, FIPS 50000)
    Location: 45.48568 N, 120.73173 W
    Population (1990): 292 (141 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97039

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Moro, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    241
     Housing Units (2000): 115
     Land area (2000):     0.945042 sq. miles (2.447648 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.945042 sq. miles (2.447648 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46910
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             34.794503 N, 90.990119 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     72368
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Moro, AR
      Moro
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Moro, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
     Population (2000):    337
     Housing Units (2000): 150
     Land area (2000):     0.483906 sq. miles (1.253312 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.483906 sq. miles (1.253312 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            50000
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             45.484883 N, 120.732186 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     97039
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Moro, OR
      Moro