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Mayo

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/

The English word “Mayo” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  2. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.

noun

  1. A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

Etymology

The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).

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