Moro

noun

Mo·​ro ˈmȯr-(ˌ)ō 

plural Moros

1

: a member of any of several Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines

2

: any of the Austronesian languages of the Moros

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, Moor, from Latin Maurus

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1