Mo

1 a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel [syn: molybdenum, atomic number 42]

2 a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union [syn: Missouri, Show Me State]

English

MO

1. Missouri, a state of the United States of America.
2. Moderate Intellectual Disability, a disability often requiring special education services.

MO

1. Modus operandi.
2. Money order.

Mo or MO may refer to:

Abbreviations and codes

• Missouri (United States postal abbreviations)
• Province of Modena, Italy
• Amiri Flight (United Arab Emirates), IATA airline designator
• Calm Air (IATA airline designator)
• Haley's M-O, a laxative containing Milk of Magnesia and mineral oil
• Molybdenum, the chemical element
• Magneto-optical drive, a computer storage device
• Moldavian language, in the ISO 63 Language code
• Macau, in the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
• Medical Officer/Medical Orderly, a British Commonwealth military term for a medic (health professional) attached to a command
• Altria Group, formerly Philip Morris, New York Stock Exchange symbol 'MO'
• Megaoctet, a unit of information or computer storage
• Molecular orbital
• Modern Orthodox Judaism
• Milicja Obywatelska
• 'Mobile-originated', a text message sent from a mobile telephone
• Month
• Moscow Oblast
• Memories Off, a romance visual novel series by KID

Characters

• Mo, a fictional character in the webcomic Jesus and Mo
• Mo, also known as Mortimer, a fictional character in the novel Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
• Little Mo Mitchell, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera East Enders
• Mo the clown, a character played by Roy Rene, 20th century Australian stage comedian

People

• Timothy Mo (born 1950), British novelist of Chinese descent

• Mo Amin, Kenyan photojournalist
• Mo, nickname of David Berg (1919–1994), religious leader
• Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly (1934–1969), American tennis player
• Mo Gaffney (born 1958), American actress, comedian, writer and activist
• Mo, ring name of Robert Horne (wrestler)
• Mo Mowlam (1949–2005), British politician
• Mo, nickname of Mariano Rivera, relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Mo Rocca (born 1969), American writer, comedian, and political satirist
• Mozi (or Mo Tzi), (c. 470 BCE – c. 390 BCE), ancient Chinese philosopher
• Mo Twister, Filipino radio diskjockey and TV host
• Mo Udall (1922–1998), U.S. Representative and former presidential candidate
• Mo Vaughn (born 1967), American baseball player
• Mo (surname), a Chinese family name (莫)

Places

• Mo, Hedmark, Norway
• Mo, Hordaland, Norway
• Mo i Rana, Nordland, Norway
• Mo, Telemark, Norway
• Mo (Oz), a fictional country in the book The Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank Baum

Slang terms

• Mo shortened from homosexual
• Modus operandi, method of operation, often abbreviated as M.O.
• Moustache
• Mohawk
• Momentum, especially in a sports context

Other

• Mo Awards, annual awards for Australian live entertainment
• Mo (honorific), an ancient Gaelic honorific
• Mo (kana), Romanisation of the Japanese kana も and モ
• 12mo, 24mo, 32mo and 64mo, duodecimo foldings of a signature during the printing of a book; see bookbinding
• Mo, a traditional Buddhist technique of divination, practiced in Bhutan
• Yamaha MO, a music workstation

See also

• Moe
• Moe's