Definition of Moro in English:
Moro
nounPlural Moros ˈmɔːrəʊˈmôrō
A Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although the Moros belonged to 13 cultural-linguistic groups, Islam gave them a sense of common identity and often set them at odds with their Christian Filipino neighbors.
- The Moro in the south maintained a separate culture that predated the Islamic and colonial periods.
- The Moros are Muslim tribes people who inhabit central and western Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines.
- The Spanish nicknamed the Philippines' Muslim inhabitants the Moros, a corruption of the word Moors.
- Postwar disorder took years to suppress; sporadic military campaigns against bandits, rebels, and Muslim tribesmen, or Moros, continued until 1913.
- With his credentials as colonial administrator solidly established, Wood was next sent to the Philippines and given the thankless task of subduing the Muslim Moros of the southern islands.
- During the fourteenth century, Islamic Arab traders arrived; their descendants, the Moros, populated the southern islands and remained militant Muslims.
Origin
Spanish, literally 'Moor'.