- short for Aborigine, Aboriginal
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ab•o
(ab′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. ab•os, adj. (sometimes cap.) Australian Disparaging and Offensive.
n.
adj.
Å•bo (ô′bo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n.
ABO,
n.
- British Termsan Aborigine.
adj.
- British Termsaboriginal.
- 1905–10; by shortening; see -o
Å•bo (ô′bo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n.
- Swedish name of Turku.
ABO,
- See ABO system.
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- the Swedish name for Turku
'abo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A
- A, a
- AB
- ABO system
- Ab
- B
- B, b
- Landsteiner
- O
- O, o
- Turku
- aboral
- auburn
- blood group
- earnest