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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ethnic group from Ethiopia. plural, plural-only
2. 2
   Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.
3. 3
   The indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra. plural, plural-only

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Tupian language.
2. 2
   An Omotic language.
3. 3
   A Nilotic language of Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC.

Etymology

From Māori karo.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.