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Ao en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) A tribe living primarily in the state of Nagaland in India.

Ao en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

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

Relateds

njo ⁠

Ao en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• ou

Etymology

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鰲 /鳌 (Áo) and 敖 (Áo).

Meanings

1. 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 July 3, Ray Cheung, “Polluted pig-leather capital is cleaned up”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2023:
2. A river in Fujian, China.
   • 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." [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 08 Apr 2023:
   • 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;[…] 1998, Fuzhou Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Project in the People's Republic of China, Asian Development Bank, →OCLC, pages 10, 17:

Synonyms

Ao-chiang · Aojiang · Aokiang

Translations (4)

zh 敖江 (river in Fujian, China) · mr आओ (river in Zhejiang, China) · mr आओ (river in Fujian, China) · zh 鰲 /鳌江 (river in Zhejiang, China)

Ao en · PROPN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• ou

Etymology

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 敖 (Áo).

Meanings

1. A surname from Chinese.

Forms

Ao en · PROPN · etymology 4

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 歐 /欧 (au¹) or Cantonese 區 /区 (au1). Doublet of Au.

Meanings

1. (Macau) A surname from Chinese.

Forms

Ao en · NOUN · etymology 5

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of aorta.
   alt of aorta

Deriveds

DAo · AAo