Coordinate terms

Noun

Ao pl (plural only)Category:English lemmas#AOCategory:English nouns#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:English pluralia tantum#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. A tribe living primarily in the state of Nagaland in India.

Proper noun

AoCategory:English lemmas#AOCategory:English proper nouns#AOCategory:English uncountable nouns#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. Their language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ao terms
• Ethnologue entry for Ao, njo ⁠

Pronunciation

• enPR: ou

Proper noun

AoCategory:English lemmas#AOCategory:English proper nouns#AOCategory:English uncountable nouns#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. A river in Zhejiang, ChinaCategory:en:Rivers in Zhejiang, China#AOCategory:en:Rivers in China#AOCategory:en:Places in Zhejiang, China#AOCategory:en:Places in China#AO.
   • 2004 July 3, Ray Cheung, “Polluted pig-leather capital is cleaned up”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 November 2023‎:

     To produce leather goods, plants dumped an estimated 8,000 tonnes of waste a day into the Ao River, transforming its once-clear waters into a foul-smelling cesspool.

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2. A river in Fujian, ChinaCategory:en:Rivers in Fujian, China#AOCategory:en:Rivers in China#AOCategory:en:Places in Fujian, China#AOCategory:en:Places in China#AO.
   • 1998, Fuzhou Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Project in the People's Republic of China‎, Asian Development Bank, →OCLC, pages 10, 17:

     The Ao River currently provides water for Lianjian^{[sic – meaning Lianjiang]} County, irrigation for agriculture, water to villages for drinking, to fish farms, animal farms, and industries. Before the construction of the Shanzai dam the dry season flow in the Ao River at the water works at downstream Lianjian^{[sic – meaning Lianjiang]} County has fallen so low (to 8.5m³/sec) that it was necessary to limited the water intake rate to the water works. […] (iii) obtain how data or the Ao River at Lianjian^{[sic – meaning Lianjiang]} County from the Fujian Provincial Hydrology Department to monitor the effect of water diversion from the Tang Ban Reservoir on the quality and quantity of downstream water; […]

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   • [2021 December 12, “Three ordinary Taiwan locals who made new lives across the Strait”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎, archived from the original on 8 April 2023‎:

     Chiang said her father was born in Lianjiang, and he knew very well that if there was no dike, places like Gui'an and Taoyuan villages would be flooded every year.
     "Just a while ago, when it rained heavily, waterlogging can be seen in many places. At that time, I was looking at the course of the Aojiang River, when I suddenly realized that we were defending our homeland."]

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ou

Proper noun

Ao (plural Aos)Category:English lemmas#AOCategory:English proper nouns#AOCategory:English countable nouns#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. A surname from ChineseCategory:English surnames#AOCategory:English surnames from Chinese#AO.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ao”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46.

Proper noun

Ao (plural Aos)Category:English lemmas#AOCategory:English proper nouns#AOCategory:English countable nouns#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. (chiefly MacauCategory:Macanese English#AO) A surname from ChineseCategory:English surnames#AOCategory:English surnames from Chinese#AO.

Noun

AoCategory:English lemmas#AOCategory:English nouns#AOCategory:English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals#AOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AOCategory:Pages with entries#AOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#AO

1. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#AO) Abbreviation of aortaCategory:English abbreviations#AO.