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Milo

//ˈmaɪloʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    "Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday."

  2. 2
    An English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    sorghum US, countable, uncountable

    "When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]"

  2. 2
    small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably related to Portuguese milho (“millet”). In early European accounts, millet and sorghum were often confused.

Etymology 2

A Latinate variant of Miles.

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