Moa (disambiguation)

Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand.

Moa or MOA may also refer to:

Animals

• Moa-nalo, an extinct group of aberrant duck native to Hawaii

New Zealand Navy

• Moa class patrol boat, built between 1978 and 1985
• HMNZS Moa (P3553), patrol boat
• HMNZS Moa (T233), minesweeper

People

• Moa (name)
• Mohammed Abdellaoue (born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa"
• Moa Lignell (born 1994), Swedish singer
• Moa Kikuchi (菊地 最愛 Kikuchi Moa, born July 4, 1999), a Japanese idol, singer, and model.

Plants

• Psilotum nudum Moa also called Whisk fern - indigenous to Hawaiian Islands

Places

Islands

• Moa, Indonesia, one of the Leti Islands
• Moa Island (Queensland), in Australia

Malls

• Mall of Alnor, in Maguindanao, Philippines
• Mall of America, in Minnesota, United States
• SM Mall of Asia, in Manila, Philippines

Rivers

• Moa River, in west Africa
• Moa River (Brazil)
• Moa River (Cuba)

Towns and villages

• Moa, Cuba
• Moa, Niger

Science and mathematics

• Magnetic field oscillating amplified thruster, a novel propulsion system with several terrestrial applications
• Mars Organic Analyzer
• Manner of articulation (linguistics)
• Massive Online Analysis, a free open-source software specific for data stream mining with concept drift
• Mechanism of action, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects
• Method of administration, in medicine
• Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the cytochrome bc₁ complex
• Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics, a group of astrophysicists searching for exoplanets
• Migraine without aura
• Minute of arc, a term relating to angular measurement; known as Minute of Angle in firearms
• Mode of Action is a field which investigates how a toxin affects an organism in vivo

Other uses

• Moa Anbessa, an album by Getatchew Mekuria
• Making of America, a digital library project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University
• Military operations area, an area where United States military activity takes place, used on Sectional Aeronautical Charts to define boundaries for Military and Civilian Aircraft Flights
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Minute of angle, a way of determining firearm accuracy
• Memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding, an agreement between two or more parties
• Memorandum of association, a document required to incorporate a company in many Commonwealth countries
• Mine Owners' Association
• MOA Museum of Art in Japan
• Moscow Airlines, an IACO airline designator
• Metal Open Air, a Brazilian heavy metal festival
• Acronym for mother of all, e.g. MOAB & MOAS.

See also

• Moai
• Mower