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Date "AO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
"AO" is a common misspelling or typo for: a, ado, ago, oaf, oak, oar, oat. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Ao |
Space | Announcement of Opportunity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Polynesian mythology, Ao ("light") is the god of the clouds and the ancestor of the Maori. He is a patron of sailors, who use the clouds to navigate and predict weather.
Alternative: Ao Toto ("blood red dawn")
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AO."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AO | Danish | Republikken Angola | Geography |
AO | Dutch | Republiek Angola | Geography |
AO | English | Armagh Observatory | N/A |
AO | Finnish | Angolan tasavalta | Geography |
AO | French | République d'Angola | Geography, Law |
AO | German | Republik Angola | Geography, Law |
AO | Greek | Ανγκόλα· Αγκόλα | Geography |
AO | Italian | Albinismo oculare | N/A |
AO | Spanish | República de Angola | Geography |
AO | Swedish | Republiken Angola | Geography |
| AO Diag | English | Acridine-Orange Diagnosis | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AO |
| Specialty definitions using "AO": area of operations. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Guarani (clothing), Malagasy (there), Maori (earth), Portuguese (at the, in the, on the, to, to that, to the, upon), Portuguese Brazilian (at the, in the, on the, to that, to the), Samoan (cloud), Sotho (really), Swahili (her, his, its, their), Vietnamese (dub). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | AO AO (No Matta What (Party All Night); performing artist: Toya) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Até ao Meu Regresso Adeus (1974) Deixem-me ao Menos Subir as Palmeiras (1972) A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos (1972) Rumo ao Mar (1970) A Cama Ao Alcance de Todos (1969) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Morte ao fascismo! : reforma agraria, terra e pao : vota VDP. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Associacao dos Deficientes das Forcas Armadas : 14 de Maio 1974/75/76, 2o aniversario : direito ao trabalho, nao a resignacao. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Ao principio nao era o Estado mas o Homem ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Ao! He recognised their speech collectively before he distinguished their faces. |
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| "AO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 72.22% of the time. "AO" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 72.22% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 11.11% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ao | Last name | 100 | 88,459 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Russian Federation | Bashkirenergo AO |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "AO": licor ao bissulfito residual ♦ licor residual ao sulfito ♦ lixívia residual ao sulfito ♦ type AO wave. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ao | 763 | ao game rated | 16 |
ao dai | 222 | ao game | 15 |
ao smith | 179 | ao thoi trang | 14 |
sexo ao vivo | 170 | ao cuoi | 14 |
ao radio vivo | 68 | ao trang | 14 |
ao com | 65 | ao cam vivo web | 13 |
camera ao vivo | 59 | acesso ao ensino superior | 13 |
ao tv vivo | 42 | the todd ao | 12 |
ao cheat | 39 | camera de sexo ao vivo | 11 |
ao smith water heater | 39 | ao su taiwan | 11 |
ao safety | 33 | ao vault | 10 |
ao dai vietnamese | 30 | ao consulta spc | 10 |
ao smith motor | 28 | ao mail | 9 |
ao dai nam viet | 28 | ao credito de proteção serviço | 9 |
ao atendimento cliente | 26 | ao brazil radio vivo | 9 |
ao nang | 23 | ao scanner | 9 |
sexo ao vivo gratis | 22 | ao asif | 9 |
ao vivo | 18 | ao game rated video | 8 |
ao crédito de proteção serviço | 18 | ao mundo volta | 8 |
40 ao | 18 | ao tvs vivo | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | CW (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ongedempte golf (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), CW (call waiting, continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), continue golf (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jatkuva aalto (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | onde entretenue (type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungedämpfte Welle (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), kontinuierliche Welle (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύμα σταθερού πλάτους (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), συνεχές κύμα (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), σταθερό κύμα (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hagyományos vietnami női ruha (ao dai). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | onda persistente (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), onda continua (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 작 지역. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aoay onda contínua (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) onda sostenida (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), onda entretenida (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave), onda continua (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references) bärvåg (carrier, carrier wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AO": aorist, aoristic, aoristically, aorists, aorta, aortae, aortal, aortas, aortic, aortographic, aortographies, aortography, aoudad, aoudads. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AO": bacalao, cacao, carabao, chao, chiao, ciao, curacao, gherao, hao, jiao, prao, tamarao, tao. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AO": bacalaos, baobab, baobabs, cacaos, caoutchouc, caoutchoucs, carabaos, chaos, chaoses, chaotic, chaotically, contraoctave, contraoctaves, curacaos, epinaoi, epinaos, extraordinaire, extraordinarily, extraordinariness, extraordinarinesses, extraordinary, gaol, gaoled, gaoler, gaolers, gaoling, gaols, gheraoed, gheraoes, gheraoing, giaour, giaours, haole, haoles, intraocular, intraocularly, kaoliang, kaoliangs, kaolin, kaoline, kaolines, kaolinic, kaolinite, kaolinites, kaolinitic, kaolins, kaon, kaons, karaoke, karaokes, logaoedic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o" | |
+1 letter: abo, ado, ago, avo, azo, boa, goa, hao, koa, moa, oaf, oak, oar, oat, oca, oka, ora, ova, tao, zoa. | |
+2 letters: abos, ados, aeon, aero, agio, agog, agon, ahoy, aloe, alow, also, alto, ambo, ammo, amok, anoa, anon, apod, arco, arvo, atom, atop, auto, avos, avow, awol, axon, azon, boar, boas, boat, bola, bora, bota, calo, capo, chao, ciao, coal, coat, coax, coca, coda, cola, coma, coxa, dado, dago, dato, doat, dona, dopa, fado, fano, faro, foal, foam, fora, gaol, goad, goal, goas, goat, halo, hoar, hoax, hora, hoya, iota, jato, jiao, jota, kaon, kayo, koan, koas, kola, load, loaf, loam, loan, loca, lota, mako, mano, mayo, moan, moas, moat, mola, mora, moxa, naoi, naos, noma, nona, nota, nova, oafs, oaks, oars, oast, oath, oats, obia, ocas, odea, ofay, ogam, ohia, okas, okay, okra, olea, olla, opah, opal, orad, oral, orca, orra, osar, ossa, oval, prao, proa, rato, road, roam, roan, roar, rota, sago, soak, soap, soar, soda, sofa, soja, sola, soma, sora, soya, stoa, taco, taos, taro, toad, toea, toga, tola, tora, whoa, woad, yoga, zoea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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