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Mayo

//ˈmeɪ.əʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Ireland.
  2. 2
    A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
  3. 3
    A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
  4. 4
    A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
  5. 5
    A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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  1. 6
    A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  2. 7
    A village in Yukon, Canada.
  3. 8
    A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
  4. 9
    An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. 10
    A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  6. 11
    A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  7. 12
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of mayonnaise. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

    "Pass me the mayo, please."

  2. 2
    A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
  3. 3
    egg yolks and oil and vinegar wordnet
  4. 4
    A white person. Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
  5. 5
    Exaggeration. Australia, countable, informal, uncountable

    "Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from Irish Maigh Eo * (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”

Etymology 2

Named after the Mayo River, whose name in Mayo means "people of the riverbank."

Etymology 3

Named after the Mayo River, whose name in Mayo means "people of the riverbank."

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