Motu or MOTU may refer to:

Places

Motu (geography) An islet ( ) is generally a small island. Definitions vary, and are not precise, but some suggest that an islet is a very small, often unnamed, island with little or no vegetation to support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/ ...

, a reef islet formed by broken coral and sand surrounding an atoll **

Motu Nao Motu Nao is the Marquesan name for a small rock island in the southeastern Marquesas Islands, approximately northeast of Fatu Hiva. The French name for the island is ''Rocher Thomasset'', which in English is ''Thomasset Rock''. At low tide, ...

, Marquesas Islands **

Motu Nui Motu Nui is the largest of the Islet, islets located off the southwestern coast of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and constitutes the westernmost point of Chile. Covering an area of 3.9 hectares, it is the summit of a submerged volcanic mountain tha ...

, near Easter Island ** Motu Oa, Marquesas Islands **

Motu One (Society Islands) Motu One, also known as Bellinghausen, is an atoll in the Leeward group of the Society Islands, in the South Pacific. Motu One is located 550 km northwest from Tahiti and 72 km northeast of Manuae, its closest neighbor. Motu One's re ...

, south Pacific Ocean **

Motu Paahi Motu Paahi is a private island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geogr ...

, French Polynesia *

Motu (tribal area) Niue is subdivided into 14 villages (that is, municipalities). Each village has a village council that elects its chairman. The villages are at the same time electoral districts. Each village sends an assemblyman to the Parliament of Niue. ...

, Niue *

Mōtū River The Mōtū River is a major waterway in the eastern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It rises south-west of Mātāwai in the Gisborne District, on the south-western side of the Raukūmara Range, and heads roughly northwards to the Pacif ...

, New Zealand * Motu, New Zealand, a settlement near Matawai

Given name

Motu Hafoka Motu Hafoka (13 March 1987 – 30 June 2012) was a Samoan footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Samoa in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup ...

(born 1987), Samoan footballer * Motu Matu'u (born 1987), New Zealand rugby union player *

Motu Tony Motu Iosefo Tony (born 29 May 1981) is a former New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s. He previously played in the NRL for the New Zealand Warriors and the Brisbane Broncos before playing in t ...

(born 1981), Samoan-born New Zealand rugby league player

Fictional characters

* Motu, from the comic/TV show ''

Motu Patlu ''Motu Patlu'' is an Indian animated sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon in India on 16 October 2012. This show is available in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati and Bengali. The series is adapted from the classic co ...

'' * Motu, a fictional rat from ''

Pakdam Pakdai ''Pakdam Pakdai'' (), also known as ''Rat-a-Tat'' is an Indian Flash-animated comedy television series, formerly on Nickelodeon India and later on Sonic Nickelodeon. The show began airing on 27 May 2013. ''Pakdam Pakdai'' is narrated by Nan ...

Other uses

Motu people The Motu are native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, living along the southern coastal area of the country. Their indigenous language is also known as Motu, and like several other languages of the region is an Austronesian language. They and th ...

Motu language Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is a Central Papuan Tip language that is spoken by the Motuans, an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea. It is commonly used today in the region, particul ...

, a language of Papua New Guinea *

Motu proprio In law, (Latin for 'on his own impulse') describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use the term for the same concept. In Catholic canon law, it refers to a document issued by the pope on h ...

, a type of Papal document *

Mark of the Unicorn Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) is a music-related computer software and hardware supplier developed by Jason Linhart, Craig Finseth, Scott Layson Burson, Brian Hess. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has created music software since 1984. ...

(MOTU), a maker of professional audio hardware and software *

Masters of the Universe ''Masters of the Universe'' (sometimes referred to as the ''He-Man'' or ''She-Ra'' series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise revolves around the conflict between He-Man (the alter ego of Prince A ...

, an action figure line of the 1980s, commonly abbreviated as MotU or MOTU * Masters of the Universe (MOTU), maintainers of the community-supported components of the Ubuntu operating system *

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Motu Economic and Public Policy Research is an economic and public policy research institute based in Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in September 2000 De Motu (disambiguation) ''De Motu'' is Latin for 'On Motion' and is used as the title, or in the title, of a number of notable works: * ''De Motu'' (Berkeley's essay), fully ''De Motu: Sive, de Motus Principio & Natura, et de Causa Communicationis Motuum'' ('On Motion: o ...

Motu Iti (disambiguation) Motu Iti (''lit.'' Little Island) may refer to: * Motu Iti (Marquesas Islands), or Hatu Iti, a small island in the northern Marquesas Islands * Motu Iti (Rapa Nui), a small islet near Easter Island * Motu Iti (Society Islands), or Tupai, a small ...

Motu One (disambiguation) Motu One, which means "Sand Island" in various Polynesian languages, refers to several islands throughout Polynesia Polynesia ( , ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific ...

Motuloa (disambiguation) Motuloa may refer to: * Motuloa (Funafuti), an island in Funafuti, Tuvalu * Motuloa (north of Nukufetau), an island in Nukufetau, Tuvalu * Motuloa (south of Nukufetau), an island in Nukufetau, Tuvalu {{geodis ...

Motus (disambiguation) Motus may refer to: * The Motus Wildlife tracking network * Motus, LLC, a workforce management company * Motus O dance theatre, a dance company * Motusbank, a Canadian online-only bank * Motus Motorcycles, maker of the Motus MST vehicle * '' T ...

* Temotu (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, given name Language and nationality disambiguation pages