Ho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Translingual

Symbol

Ho

1. (chemistry) holmium.

English

Etymology 1

From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).

Noun

Ho pl (plural only)

1. A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom

Proper noun

Ho

1. A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

Translations

language

• Finnish: ho (fi)
• Ho: 𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜 (Ho jagar)
• Russian: хо (ru) m (xo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.

Proper noun

Ho

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ho is the 691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49817 individuals. Ho is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ho terms
• Ethnologue entry for Ho, hoc ⁠

Anagrams

• OH, Oh, oh

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.

Proper noun

Ho m anim

1. a surname from Vietnamese

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.

Proper noun

Ho m or f

1. a surname from Vietnamese

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 何 (hé).

Proper noun

Ho

1. a surname from Hakka

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German hage, a merger of Old High German hag and hagan, from variants of Proto-Germanic *hagô (stem uncertain). Cognate with German Hag and Hain, Dutch haag, English haw. The feminine gender also in Middle Dutch haghe, Middle Low German hāge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho/, [hoː]
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

Ho f (plural Hoen)

1. hedge

Synonyms

• Heck

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 何 (Hô) or 侯 (Hô͘).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho/, [ˈho]

Proper noun

Ho (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓ)

1. a Filipino-Chinese surname from Hokkien, most notably borne by:
   • Gretchen Ho, volleyball player and television host

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ho is the 730^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 12,696 individuals.