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n., pl. Moro or -ros.
  1. A member of any of the predominantly Muslim Malay tribes of the southern Philippines.
  2. Any of the Austronesian languages of the Moro.

[Spanish, Moor, Muslim, Moro, from Latin Maurus, Moor. See Moor.]


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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Moro
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Any member of several Muslim peoples living in the southern Philippines. The Moros, who constitute about 5% of the Philippine population, are not ethnically different from other Filipinos, but, with a separate Islamic faith and local cultures, they have been the object of prejudice and neglect. They have a centuries-long history of conflict with ruling powers: first with Roman Catholic Spanish colonialists (16th – 19th century), later with U.S. occupation troops, and finally with the independent Philippine government. Although the Moro National Liberation Front — which espoused Moro separatism and led a violent insurgency in the late 1960s and '70s — split into factions at the end of the 1970s, the insurgency continued. Provisions for the expansion of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, established in the late 1980s, were included in a 1996 treaty, but some separatists continue to hold out for complete independence.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Moros
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Moros (mōr'ōz) [Span.,=Moors], group of Muslim natives, numbering about 3.8 million, of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, and Palawan in the Philippines and of Borneo, who were converted in the great missionary extension of Islam from India in the 15th and 16th cent. They are largely of Malayan stock and are neither ethnic nor linguistic units. The Moros are conspicuous as a fierce, proud people, and they long maintained enmity toward the Christian Filipinos.

After the Spanish conquered (1564) the Philippines, the Moros waged constant war, which continued even after the United States took over (1898) the islands. Within the Republic of the Philippines they have pressed for autonomy since the 1960s, but in most regions where the Moros live they are now outnumbered by Christians, who strongly oppose the idea of a Muslim-led government. The associated fighting by Moro guerrillas has persisted into the 21st cent., despite a number of peace agreements with various groups. In 1990 an autonomous, four-province region was created in the S Philippines; as expanded in 2001 it consists of Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, and Basilan provinces (the Sulu Archipelago) and two provinces and Marawi City on Mindanao.

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See M. Mednick, Encampment of the Lake (1965); A. C. Glang, Muslim Secession or Integration? (1969).

 
Wikipedia: Moros
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For other uses of "Moros", see Moros (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Moros (Greek: Μόρος, English translation: "doom", "fate") is the personification of impending doom, who drives every being, mortal or otherwise, to its fated doom.[1][2][3][4] Very little is known about him, but he is thought to be omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, and not even Zeus can defeat him. He is a son of Erebus and Nyx, and brother of the Moirae, his agents and servants.[5]

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  1. ^ "MORUS & OLETHRUS : Greek god or spirit of doom & day of death ; mythology : MOROS & OLETHROS". http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Moros.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-15. 
  2. ^ "Greek Gods and Goddesses". http://www.gothikangel.com/Goddess/Greek.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-15. 
  3. ^ "Moros". http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/moros.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-15. 
  4. ^ "Greek Mythology: Personification". http://www.areopagus.net/persona.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-15. 
  5. ^ Turner, Patricia; Coulter, Charles Russell (2000). Dictionary of Ancient Deities. Oxford University Press. p. 328. ISBN 139780195145045. http://books.google.com/books?id=jEcpkWjYOZQC&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=Moros+greek+god&source=web&ots=Otx5eRPMwZ&sig=00b_6g8JJXptvUdjiWjSt-GQR4Q&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result. 
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