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Mako

//ˈmɑkoʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Maku (“languages”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A surname from Hungarian.
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of mako shark abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Maku (“Amazon peoples”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian Makó.

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