Zo

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of dzo. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    An indigenous people of Burma (Myanmar) and north-east India. plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language spoken in Myanmar and India, especially in Chin State, Mizoram and Manipur, and adjoining parts of Bangladesh.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Zoe.

    "Listen, Zo. Neither one of us has heard anything from you in a long time. […] Zoe and I had grown up together."

Synonyms

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chinzomizomi

Example

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"The New Yorker attempts to reïnstate the English dieresis in words like "coöperation," "zoölogical," and "reëntry"—an odd thing to reinstate in this day and age, and hardly in cooperation with most zoology."

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chin state

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