Cao

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).

Proper noun

Cao

1. (historical) A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
2. A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
3. A surname.

Anagrams

• AOC, COA, CoA, OAC, coa, oca

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Cao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sao]

Proper noun

Cao m anim (female equivalent Caová)

1. a surname from Vietnamese

Declension

Declension of Cao (masculine animate in -o)

	singular	plural
nominative	Cao	Caové
genitive	Caa	Caů
dative	Caovi	Caům
accusative	Caa	Cay
vocative	Cao	Caové
locative	Caovi	Caech
instrumental	Caem	Cay

Further reading

• “Cao”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Galician

Etymology

From cao (“white-haired”), archaic form of cano, from Latin canus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkao̯/

Proper noun

Cao ?

1. 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.
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Cao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Cao”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• Homophones: cao, cau

Proper noun

Cao • (高)

1. a surname from Chinese
2. a male given name from Chinese