Moa (disambiguation)

Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand.

Moa or MOA may also refer to:

The Polynesian word for chicken.

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 1999), Japanese singer

Islands

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

Malls

 * Mall of Alnor, in Cotabato City, Philippines
 * Mall of America, in Minnesota, United States
 * SM Mall of Asia, in Manila, Philippines

Rivers

 * Moa River, in west Africa
 * Môa River, Brazil
 * Moa River (Cuba), see Nuevo Mundo Dam

Towns and villages

 * Moa, Cuba
 * Moa, Niger
 * Moa, Mkinga, in Mkinga District, Tanga Region, Tanzania
 * Mo'a or Moa, ancient fort in the Arava shown on the Madaba Map, probably at Bir Madhkur site

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, a field which investigates how a toxin affects an organism in vivo

Ships of the New Zealand Navy

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

Other

 * Minute of angle, a way of determining firearm accuracy
 * Making of America, a digital library project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University
 * 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
 * Metal Open Air, a Brazilian heavy metal festival
 * 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
 * Mine Owners' Association
 * Ministry of Agriculture
 * MOA Museum of Art in Japan
 * Moment of Alwaysness (모아), the fan base of the group Tomorrow X Together
 * Moscow Airlines, an ICAO airline designator
 * Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Canada
 * Jaynagarer Moa, or simply Moa, a Bengali sweet
 * Psilotum nudum, also called Whisk fern, known as Moa in the Hawaiian Islands
 * SM Mall of Asia Arena, an indoor arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines