Standard Lemma guide

moa

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Philippines: /ˈmoa/ [ˈmoː.ɐ] especially "memorandum of agreement" and "SM Mall of Asia"
  • New-Zealand: /ˈmɒʌ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈmoə/
  • UK: /ˈməʊə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (New Zealand) -oə
  • rhymes with (UK) -əʊə

1

name

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of SM Mall of Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An extremely tall individual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, uncommon

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of minute of angle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of military operations area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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noun

Meaning 6

Acronym of memorandum of agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of mission-oriented approach (NATO AAP-15).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of mechanism of action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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9

noun

Meaning 9

extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Broader terms: ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird

Narrower terms: giant moa, Dinornis giganteus, anomalopteryx, Anomalopteryx oweni

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُوَّا (muwwā) — extinct bird
  • Assamese: মোৱা চৰাই (müa sorai) — extinct bird
  • Catalan: dinornis — extinct bird
  • Catalan: moa — extinct bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恐鳥 /恐鸟 (kǒngniǎo) — extinct bird
  • Czech: moa — extinct bird
  • Danish: moa — extinct bird
  • Dutch: moa — extinct bird
  • Finnish: moa — extinct bird
  • Georgian: მოასნაირნი (moasnairni) — extinct bird
  • German: Moa — extinct bird
  • Hebrew: מואה — extinct bird
  • Hungarian: moa — extinct bird
  • Japanese: モア (moa) — extinct bird
  • Korean: 모아 (moa) — extinct bird
  • Lithuanian: moa — extinct bird
  • Māori: moa — extinct bird
  • Māori: kuranui — extinct bird
  • Navajo: naayééʼ tsídiitsoh — extinct bird
  • Norwegian: moafugl — extinct bird
  • Polish: moa — extinct bird
  • Portuguese: moa — extinct bird
  • Russian: мо́а (móa) — extinct bird
  • Spanish: dinornítido — extinct bird
  • Spanish: moa — extinct bird
  • Swedish: moafågel — extinct bird