Cao
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).
Proper noun[edit]
Cao
- (historical) A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
- A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
- A surname.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cao (“white-haired”), archaic form of cano, from Latin canus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cao
- a surname
References[edit]
- “Cao” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Cao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “Cao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˧]
- Homophones: cao, cau
Proper noun[edit]
- a surname from Chinese
- a male given name from Chinese
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- English surnames
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician surnames
- Sino-Vietnamese words
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with homophones
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese proper nouns
- Vietnamese surnames
- Vietnamese surnames from Chinese
- Vietnamese given names
- Vietnamese male given names
- Vietnamese male given names from Chinese