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Translingual
Symbol
geo
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Georgian.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Norn , from Old Norse gjá.
Pronunciation
Noun
geo (plural geos)
- (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.
See also
See also
Anagrams
Limburgish
Etymology 1
Clipping of geodriehook.
Pronunciation
Noun
geo m
- (mathematics, slang) set square
Etymology 2
Clipping of geografie.
Pronunciation
Noun
geo f
- geography
- (rare) geology
Etymology 3
Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.
Pronunciation
Adjective
geo (comparative geówer, superlative geóws, predicative superlative 't geóws)
- (obsolete) strange
Middle English
Pronoun
geo
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)
Old English
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġeō
- at some former time: once, before
10th century, The Wanderer:siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,- since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,
- already
Derived terms
Spanish
Noun
geo m or f by sense (plural geos)
- a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones
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