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vau.

ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvaw/Brazil[ˈvaʊ̯]Brazil/ˈvaw/Portugal/ˈbaw/Northern, Portugal
  1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)

    masculine
  2. shoal

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

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