Mayo
proper nounproper nounnounproper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈmeɪəʊ//
- Canada//ˈmeɪoʊ//
- Australia//ˈmæɪəʉ//
- New Zealand//ˈmæɪɐʉ//
A county of Ireland.
proper noun
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A county of Ireland.
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A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
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A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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A village in Yukon, Canada.
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A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
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A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
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A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
Etymology
The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).
proper noun
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A surname.
Etymology
From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew.
noun
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A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Etymology
From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River.
proper noun
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A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
proper noun
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A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
Forms
- plural
- Mayos