Moro

¹ American  

[mawr-oh, mohr-oh] / ˈmɔr oʊ, ˈmoʊr oʊ /

noun

Moros, plural Moro plural

1. a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.

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Moro ² American  

[mawr-oh, mor-oh, maw-raw] / ˈmɔr oʊ, ˈmɒr oʊ, ˈmɔ rɔ /

noun

1. Aldo 1916–78, Italian lawyer, author, and statesman: prime minister 1963–68, 1974–76.

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Moro ¹ British  

/ ˈmɔːrəʊ /

noun

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

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

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Moro ² British  

/ ˈmɔːro /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Moro
  plural
• Moros
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Moro

< Spanish < Latin Maurus Moor

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Moro Moros

Archie van der Flier and Joaquin Moro are two others nobody had heard of last year, but if Tigers make it to Twickenham, they will likely be part of the matchday 23.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

But Moro was a politician in a turbulent time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

But minutes later, Leicester No.8 Moro went through a huge gap in the home defence for another try converted by Searle.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

The 160th District, where Moro is campaigning, is seen by both political parties as a competitive race.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024

Everyone still knows him as El Moro, and now he and his wife and their seven children run the inn.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

“I get people who see it as sounding crazy,” said Kostas Moros, a director at the Second Amendment Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Then Becca Moros, Gotham’s top assistant, left for the University of Arizona and Tweed moved up a spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

"We remain in a state of emergency on the instructions of our commander-in-chief Nicolas Maduro Moros," Remigio Ceballos, minister of the interior, said on state television on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2021

As word reached the Moros through their excellent intelligence network, significant numbers of them promptly returned to the volcano’s rim.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2019

This form of slavery still persists in the Philippines among the Moros of Mindanao and Jolo.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.