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Otto

//ˈɑtoʊ// name, noun

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

    "That makes the case of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student who had been serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, even more striking."

  2. 2
    A surname from the Germanic languages countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in the United States.; A town in Cattaraugus County, New York. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Macon County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Wyoming. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of attar. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli."

Etymology

From German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edith, etc.).

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