Moro
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- noun
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Moro
- In Homer, too, moros mostly denotes a person's dying, though sometimes more generally the foreordained striking (and disastrous) events of his life.
Examples
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No Motorola, no Moro, Ono Maduro, Italian spanning my Italian and Spanish is messed up right now.
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Beneath the billboard sat a woman who wore the red scarf of the revolution, eating moros y cristianos from a greasy paper bag and washing them.
Fiction book (1997) -
That moro...
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Adopting the language of the Spanish Reconquest of Muslim Spain, the tombstones praise soldiers who died in combat contra los moros (against the Moors).
Academic text (2009) -
Martin West, in his commentary, observes that moros, ker, and thanatos are 'three different words for death, differing only in their associations,' but that 'three different words mean for Hesiod three different things.' 12
Academic text (1991) -
The Moro people celebrate their rich cultural heritage through vibrant festivals and traditional dances.
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Many Moro families in the southern Philippines practice Islam and uphold their unique customs.
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The Moro region in Mindanao is known for its beautiful landscapes and diverse communities.
Compounds
An armed group in southern Philippines seeking an independent Islamic state for the Moro people
- Specialized
A new baby stretches the arms and pulls the legs in after a sudden loud noise or movement
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Moro comes from the Spanish word Moor, which meant 'a Muslim from North Africa'. Spanish colonizers used Moro for the Muslim people of the southern Philippines, so today Moro means a member of those Muslim ethnolinguistic groups.