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

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.
• “Cao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “Cao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• Homophones: cao, cau

Proper noun

Cao • (高)

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