Cao

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of conscious, alert and oriented. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Central Applications Office, the official body tasked with handling applications for students' first year of college. Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty. historical
  3. 3
    A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
  4. 4
    A surname.

Example

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"The money will be used to buy equipment for patrols and build offshore fishing vessels for the Vietnam Coast Guard, the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Force and fishermen. This includes construction of 3,000 steel-clad fishing boats, Tran Cao Muu, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fisheries Association said. The current fleet of around 100,000 boats are made of wood."

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).

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