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Ao.

A tribe living primarily in the state of Nagaland in India.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A tribe living primarily in the state of Nagaland in India.

    plural · plural-only
name
  1. Their language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

name
  1. A river in Zhejiang, China.

  2. A river in Fujian, China.

Where this word comes from

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鰲 /鳌 (Áo) and 敖 (Áo).

name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Where this word comes from

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 敖 (Áo).

name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

    Macau
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 歐 /欧 (au¹) or Cantonese 區 /区 (au1). Doublet of Au.

noun
  1. Abbreviation of aorta.

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