Cao

See also: cao, cáo, cào, and cạo

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo)

Proper noun

Cao

(historical geography) A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
(geography) A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
A surname.

Anagrams

AOC, COA, CoA, oca

Galician

Etymology

From cao (“white-haired”), archaic form of cano, from Latin canus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkao̯/

Proper noun

Cao

A surname.

References

“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 2006-2012.
“Cao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
Homophones: cao, cau

Proper noun

Cao (高)

A surname.
A male given name

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.