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Webster 1913 Edition


Sao


Sa′o

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
Any marine annelid of the genus
Hyalinaecia
, especially
Hyalinaecia tubicola
of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

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Sao

Sao

English

Proper noun

Sao

  1. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune

sao

sao

See also: sáo, sāo, sǎo, sào, são, São, sảo, sạo, and sao᷄

Japanese

Romanization

sao

  1. rōmaji reading of さお

Mandarin

Romanization

sao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of sào.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Tagalog

Noun

saó

  1. (nautical) mooring cable or chains

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese ſao

Adverb

sao (, , 𡫡)

  1. why
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Vietnamese ſao, from Proto-Vietic *k-raːw

Noun

(classifier , ngôi) sao (𣋀, 𣇟, 𤚧)

  1. star
Derived terms
See also