Go

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 碁 (go), commonly capitalized for disambiguation.

Noun

Go (uncountable)

1. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

Etymology 2

From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.

Proper noun

Go

1. (computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.

Anagrams

• 'og, O.G., OG, Og, og

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘) or 伍 (Gó͘, Ngó͘).

Proper noun

Go

1. a surname

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French

Symbol

Go

1. Abbreviation of gigaoctet; GB (gigabyte)

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German

Go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

• Audio

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Noun

Go n

1. go (board game)

Further reading

• “Go” in Duden online

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘) or 伍 (Gó͘, Ngó͘).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/

Proper noun

Go

1. A surname, from Min Nan of Chinese origin.

See also

• Goh
• Ngo
• Wu
• Gozon