moa
/ˈmɒʌ/ · noun
Meaning
- Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.
- An extremely tall individual.
- Initialism of minute of angle.
- Initialism of military operations area.
- Acronym of memorandum of agreement.
- Initialism of mission-oriented approach (NATO AAP-15).
- Initialism of mechanism of action.
- Abbreviation of SM Mall of Asia.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Māori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).
- *moa(poz-pol-pro)→
- moa(Māori)→
- moa (English)
- Relations: bor, der
Related words
Descendant words
- moa(Dutch) (bor)
- moa(Finnish) (bor)
- moa(Italian) (bor)
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