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Komodo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kə-/ (General-American)
  • /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

Meanings

  1. A Komodo dragon.

Forms

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Komodos Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Ata Modo

Komodo en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kə-/ (General-American)
  • /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

Meanings

  1. An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Deriveds

Komodo dragon

Translations (10)

pt Komodo (island in Indonesia) · mr कोमोदो (island in Indonesia) · ms Komodo (island in Indonesia) · pt Comodo (island in Indonesia) · cmn 科莫多岛 (island in Indonesia) · mr कोमोडो (island in Indonesia) · de Komodo (island in Indonesia) · de Komodo-Insel (island in Indonesia) · el Κομόντο (island in Indonesia) · ru Комо́до (island in Indonesia)

wikipedia: Ata Modo