Saco
//ˈsɑkoʊ// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L. historical
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A city in York County, Maine.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Somerset Township, Steele County, Minnesota.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Phillips County, Montana.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A river in New Hampshire and Maine which discharges into Saco Bay.
- 8 A barrio in Ceiba municipality, Puerto Rico.
- 9 A river in Maranhão state, Brazil.
- 10 A river in Pará state, Brazil.
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From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.
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