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Ao

The English word “Ao” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

proper noun

  1. Their language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Etymology

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

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