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

She loved Caló des Moro, a beach nestled between steep cliffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

One recent success story is Leicester Tigers back-row Joaquin Moro, who joined from Pampas XV and started last season's Prem semi-final in his debut campaign.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

With so many delicious food vendors like Villa’s Tacos, Prince Street Pizza, Happy Ice and El Moro, I knew that I was going to be eating good at Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

"It's reassuring to have the army here. If they leave the area, I'm going too," said Adama Ouattara, a youth leader in the northeastern village of Moro Moro.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

“Take this, so you’ll remember the friend in Venta del Moro who cried for you.”

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

Both modern Afghans and nineteenth-century Moros often “used” American occupiers as a convenient cudgel to settle tribal feuds.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2019

Following this victory, in the year 1599, the Moros of Jolo and Maguindanao equipped a piratical fleet of fifty caracoas, and swept the coasts of the Bisayas.

From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows