Cao
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English
Etymology
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).
Proper noun
Cao
- (historical) A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
- A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
- A surname.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Cao.
Proper noun
Cao m anim
- a surname from Vietnamese
Declension
Galician
Etymology
From cao (“white-haired”), archaic form of cano, from Latin canus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cao
- a surname
References
- “Cao” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Cao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Cao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a surname from Chinese
- a male given name from Chinese