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Gow

//ɡaʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Opium. colloquial, dated, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏／药膏 (yàogāo).

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).

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