noun
ao
ou
noun
1
grue ("blue or green", considered as one color)
2
A tribe living primarily in the state of Nagaland in India.
name
1
Their language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.
2
A river in Zhejiang, China.
"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."
— (2004)
3
A river in Fujian, China.
4
A surname from Chinese.
5
A surname from Chinese.
Word Forms
Aos plural, Aos plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 青(あお) (ao).