Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. Moa or MOA may also refer to:

Arts and media

* Metal Open Air, a Brazilian heavy metal festival * MOA Museum of Art in Japan * The Moas, New Zealand film awards

People

* Moa (name), including people with the given name or surname * Mohammed Abdellaoue (born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa"

Places

Buildings

* Mall of Africa in Midrand, South Africa * Mall of Alnor in

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato (Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Cotabato''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, inde ...

, Philippines * Mall of America, in Minnesota, United States * Mall of Arabia (Dubai) * Mall of Arabia (Jeddah) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Canada * Nexus Amritsar in Amritsar, India, formerly known as Mall of Amritsar *

SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia (also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA; ), is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Metro Manila, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area w ...

, in Manila, Philippines ** SM Mall of Asia Arena, an indoor arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines

Islands

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

Rivers

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

Towns and villages

* Moa, Cuba * Moa, Mkinga, Tanzania * 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 In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical Drug interaction, interaction through which a Medication, drug substance produces its pharmacological effect. A mechanism of action usually includes mention o ...

, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects * Method of administration, in medicine * Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the cytochrome ''bc''₁ 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 In pharmacology and biochemistry, mode of action (MoA) describes a functional or anatomical change, resulting from the exposure of a living organism to a substance. In comparison, a mechanism of action (MOA) describes such changes at the molecul ...

, a field which investigates how a toxin affects an organism ''in vivo'' * '' Psilotum nudum'', a plant species also called whisk fern, known as Moa in the Hawaiian Islands

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 uses

* Jaynagarer Moa, or simply ''Moa'', a Bengali sweet * Making of America (MoA), a digital library project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University * 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 The memorandum of association of a company is an important corporate document in certain jurisdictions. It is often simply referred to as the memorandum. In the UK, it has to be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the process of incorp ...

, a document required to incorporate a company in many Commonwealth countries * Military operations area, an area where United States military activity takes place, used on Sectional Aeronautical Charts * Mine Owners' Association * Ministry of Agriculture * MOA, ICAO airline designator for Moscow Airlines