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Mo2C molybdenum carbide
Molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) is an interstitial compound of molybdenum and carbon whose electronic structure resembles platinum-group metals, making it a cheap catalyst for hydrogen evolution, hydrotreating, and reforming.
MO3 (rapper)
MO3 (Melvin Abdul Noble Jr., 1992–2020) was a Dallas rapper from Northside Dallas, aka "Nawfghanistan," known for "Errybody" and the Boosie Badazz collab Badazz MO3; killed on I-35 in 2020, with Yella Beezy indicted in 2025.
Moa
Moa were nine species of large flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, and the only birds with no vestige of a wing, extinct by about 1550 CE.
Moa Kikuchi (菊地最愛)
Moa Kikuchi (菊地最愛), stage name MOAMETAL, born 1999 in Aichi Prefecture, is the Scream & Dance performer of BABYMETAL, a Sakura Gakuin graduate and former student council president, active with SU-METAL and MOMOMETAL.
Moa Martinson
Moa Martinson, born Helga Maria Swartz (1890–1964), was a Swedish author and journalist of working-class women's lives, best known for the autobiographical Mia trilogy beginning with Mor gifter sig (1936).
Moa Nickel
Moa Nickel is a nickel and cobalt mining and processing operation in Moa, Cuba, run as a 50/50 joint venture between Sherritt International and Cuba's General Nickel Company.
Moa Romanova
Moa Romanova, Swedish cartoonist and painter born 1992, debut graphic memoir Alltid fucka upp (Goblin Girl, 2018), Eisner Award 2021; later On Tour, På glid, and Buff Soul (2025).
Moa Valles
Moa Valles, a Martian valley system near Idaeus Fossae in Tempe Terra; a nearly 300 km Early Amazonian (2.43–1.41 Ga) paleodrainage of dam breach paleolakes draining east into Liberta crater.
Moab (מואב)
Moab (מואב) was an ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in west-central Jordan, flourishing from the ninth to sixth centuries BCE, known chiefly from the Mesha Stele, the Hebrew Bible, and Iron Age archaeology.
Moab, Utah
Moab, Utah: Grand County seat and gateway to Arches and Canyonlands national parks. Population about 5,200; incorporated 1902; transformed by the 1950s Charlie Steen uranium boom and now a desert tourism and outdoor recreation hub.
Moabite (mineral)
Moabite is a rare nickel iron oxyphosphate mineral, NiFe³⁺(PO₄)O, approved by the IMA in 2021 and found in pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Formation in central Jordan, named for the ancient Kingdom of Moab.
Moabite submission to Shalmaneser III
The Moabite submission to Shalmaneser III concerns Moab's position during the Assyrian king's decades-long western campaigns against the Damascus coalition that met him at Qarqar in 853 BC.
Moacyr Scliar
Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011) was a Brazilian physician and writer from Porto Alegre whose fiction and essays made him a leading voice of contemporary Brazilian literature.
Moai
Moai, also called Easter Island heads, are monolithic human statues carved on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile, and erected on ceremonial platforms between the 13th and 17th centuries.
Moamoria rebellion
The Moamoria rebellion (মোৱামৰীয়া বিদ্ৰোহ) was an uprising of the Moamoria Vaishnava sect and its Moran and Matak followers against the Ahom kingdom of Assam, fought from 1769 to 1805.
Moana
Moana is a shared name covering Moana Pool in Dunedin, Moana Nui-a-Kiwa Pool in Auckland, the Nelson suburb, Moana Surfrider hotel, Moana Coast resort, the Disney film franchise, and Moana Pasifika sports organizations.
Moana (1926 film)
Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age (1926) is Robert Flaherty's silent documentary of Samoan life on Savai'i, the first film labeled a "documentary" via John Grierson's review; staged, shot on panchromatic stock, later restored with sound.
Moana (2016 film)
Moana (2016 film), also known as Disney Moana, is a 2016 American animated musical adventure. It features music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and stars Auli'i Cravalho.
Moana (2026 film)
Moana (2026) is Disney's live-action reimagining of its 2016 animated film, directed by Thomas Kail, starring Catherine Laga'aia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as Maui. Released July 10, 2026; budget about $250 million; grossed over $263 million with 31% critics approval.
Moana (character)
Moana is the Polynesian heroine of Disney's 2016 animated film Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, a 16-year-old chief's daughter of Motunui with no love interest who rejects the princess title; she returned in Moana 2 (2024) and the 2026 live-action remake with Catherine Laga'aia.
Moana (franchise)
Moana (Vaiana; モアナと伝説の海) is a Disney franchise of Pacific voyaging stories: the 2016 Oscar-nominated animated film ($644 million), Moana 2 (2024, $1 billion), the 2026 live-action remake with Catherine Laga'aia and Dwayne Johnson, plus Moana 3 in development.
Moana (soundtrack)
Moana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 2016 Walt Disney Records album for Disney's 56th animated feature, songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina; platinum, Oscar-nominated 'How Far I'll Go'.
Moana 2
Moana 2, also known as Vaiana 2, is a 2024 Disney animated musical sequel in which Moana and Maui voyage across Oceania, grossing over $1 billion worldwide.
Moana 2 (soundtrack)
Moana 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), the 2024 Walt Disney Records album for Disney's Moana 2, with songs by Barlow & Bear, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina replacing Lin-Manuel Miranda; UK peak No. 7, top 10 on three Billboard album charts.
Moana Hotel
Moana Hotel, the "First Lady of Waikiki," opened March 11, 1901 as Waikiki Beach's first hotel; now the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, a National Register-listed 791-room resort owned by Kyo-Ya.
Moana Pozzi
Moana Pozzi (Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi, 1961-1994) was an Italian adult film star, TV personality, and writer; her Tip Tap Club scandal, La filosofia di Moana, Partito dell'Amore candidacy, and disputed death in Lyon set her apart.
Moat
A moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle, fortress, or fortified town, dry or filled with water, to make direct attack on its walls more difficult.
Moat of Lochrutton
Moat of Lochrutton: large earthwork north of Lochfoot, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, long called a moat or motte but now catalogued as a scheduled Roman fortlet (Canmore 65020), with prehistoric stray finds and nearby Roman camps.
Moath Aldajan
Moath Aldajan is a Saudi business executive who has served as Head of Shared Services at Al Hatab Bakery, now Al Hatab Foods, since July 2022.
Moatize Coal Mine
The Moatize Coal Mine is a large open-cut coal mine in Tete Province, Mozambique, opened by Vale in 2011 and sold to India's Jindal Group in 2022.