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Ox

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

  2. 2

    The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

  3. 3

    A surname.

  4. 4

    Variant of OxfordClipping of Oxford.

Etymology

(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù). : (surname): From ox, the animal. : (Oxford): Clipping

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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