English Explanatory Dictionary

Sao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology.
  2. A moon of Neptune, named after the nymph.
noun
  1. Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinoecia, especially Hyalinoecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.
noun
  1. Initialism of session-at-once, a recording mode for optical discs.
  2. Initialism of Specified Associated Organisation.
  3. Initialism of school attendance order.
name
  1. Serb Autonomous Oblasts
  2. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (or the star catalog)
  3. Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science
  4. Security Advisory Opinion
  5. Initialism of Sword Art Online.

Word forms

Sao SAOs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαώ (Saṓ, literally “the rescuer”), from the verb σῴζω (sōízō, “to save”).

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