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AO

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.


Specialty Definition: AO

DomainDefinition

Computing

Ao The country code for Angola. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Space

Announcement of Opportunity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: AO

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

AO may stand for:

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."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: 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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

AO

DanishRepublikken AngolaGeography

AO

DutchRepubliek AngolaGeography

AO

EnglishArmagh ObservatoryN/A

AO

FinnishAngolan tasavaltaGeography

AO

FrenchRépublique d'AngolaGeography, Law

AO

GermanRepublik AngolaGeography, Law

AO

GreekΑνγκόλα· ΑγκόλαGeography

AO

ItalianAlbinismo oculareN/A

AO

SpanishRepública de AngolaGeography

AO

SwedishRepubliken AngolaGeography
AO DiagEnglishAcridine-Orange DiagnosisN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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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).

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Modern Usage: AO

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: AO

DomainTitle

References

  • Bashkirenergo AO: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Irkutskenergo AO: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Primorsk Shipping Corporation AO: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Mosenergo AO: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ao Asif Principles in Spine Surgery (reference)

  • Ao Principles of Equine Osteosynthesis (reference)

  • To Swim in Our Own Pond: Ta Ve Ta Tam Ao Ta: A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: AO

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Use in Literature: AO

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Ao! He recognised their speech collectively before he distinguished their faces.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: AO

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)72.22%2668,323
Noun (singular)16.67%6143,867
Noun (common)11.11%4175,879
                    Total100.00%36N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: AO

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AoLast name10088,459
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: AO

CountryName
Russian Federation

Bashkirenergo AO

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: AO

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AO

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: AO

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

   

Portuguese

  

onda contínua (continuous wave, sustained wave, type AO wave). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

bärvåg (carrier, carrier wave). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: AO

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).

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Anagrams: AO

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.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Company Usage
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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