Mao
proper nounproper nounproper nounnounattested in dialogue
- //maʊ̯//
A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
proper noun
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A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
As the revered Mao has said, 'There cannot be two suns in the same sky.'
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A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
Etymology
From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).
proper noun
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A Sino-Tibetan language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibeto-Burman.
proper noun
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A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic Mao (“indigenous ethnonym”).
noun
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Synonym of labret
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Mao · A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
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