mayo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of mayonnaise.
  2. A white person.
  3. Exaggeration.
name
  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
  3. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  4. A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A village in Yukon, Canada.
  6. A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
  8. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  10. A surname.
noun
  1. A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
name
  1. A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
name
  1. A town in southwest Ivory Coast.

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mayo.wav /ˈmeɪəʊ/ /ˈmeɪoʊ/ /ˈmæɪəʉ/ /ˈmæɪɐʉ/

Word forms

mayo mayos

Etymology

Derived from Irish Maigh Eo * (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”

Synonyms

white person Yoreme
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