MOBA

[ moh-buh ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. multiplayer online battle arena: a genre of online real-time strategy video games in which two teams of characters compete head-to-head with the goals of protecting their home base and destroying the towers, turrets, or other structures of the opposing team’s stronghold (often used attributively).

Word History and Origins

Origin of MOBA¹

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

The first stop was Liombe, a village about an hour south of the Moba port.

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