Otto
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɒtəʊ//
- United States//ˈɑtoʊ//
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
That makes the case of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student who had been serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, even more striking.
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A surname from the Germanic languages
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Clark County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Oceana County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Macon County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
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A geographical township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names (such as Otachar, Ottokar) beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edith, etc.).
Forms
- plural
- Ottos, Ottoes
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