Cao

See also: cao, cáo, cào, and cạo

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo)

Proper noun

Cao

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

Anagrams

• AOC, COA, CoA, oca

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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.
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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Cao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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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