Ho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

Translingual

Symbol

Ho

1. (chemistry) holmium.

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”)

Noun

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: хо (ru) m (xo)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ho, hoc ⁠

Anagrams

• OH, oh

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.

Proper noun

Ho

1. a surname from Vietnamese

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồ.

Proper noun

Ho ?

1. a surname from Vietnamese

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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

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ/

Etymology

From 何 (Hô).

Proper noun

Ho

1. of Chinese origin, 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.