"Mao" meaning in English

See Mao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav [Australia]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Mandarin 毛 (Máo). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|cmn|毛|tr=Máo}} Mandarin 毛 (Máo) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong. Categories (topical): Cold War Translations (Mao: the Chinese surname): مَاو (māw) (Arabic), Մաո (english: Mao) (Armenian), (Máo) (Chinese Mandarin), Mao (Finnish), მაო (mao) (Georgian), מאו (Hebrew), माओ (māo) (Hindi), (Mō) (alt: もう) (Japanese), ម៉ៅ (maw) (Khmer), 마오 (english: Mao) [transliteration] (Korean), (Mo) (english: cognate) (alt: ) (Korean), Mao (Lithuanian), माओ (māo) (Marathi), Мао (english: Mao) (Mongolian), مائو (mâ'u) (Persian), Ма́о (Máo) (Russian), เหมา (măo) (Thai), མའོ (ma'o) (Tibetan), ماۋ (maw) (Uyghur), Mao (alt: ) (Vietnamese), Mauz (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-CZzr5Ssi Disambiguation of Cold War: 20 35 29 16 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 33 39 11 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Mao: the Chinese surname': 78 22
  2. A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules. Categories (topical): Cold War Synonyms: Mow [surname] Derived forms: Madame Mao, Maoism, Maoist, Mao Zedong Thought
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-CrquwUDA Disambiguation of Cold War: 20 35 29 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 33 39 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 46 24 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav [Australia]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology templates: {{wp|Mao language (Manipur)}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A Sino-Tibetan language. Categories (topical): Cold War, Individuals, Languages Synonyms: Emela, Sopvoma
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-zAKylK-v Disambiguation of Cold War: 20 35 29 16 Disambiguation of Individuals: 23 21 43 13 Disambiguation of Languages: 25 9 51 15 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 33 39 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav [Australia]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology templates: {{wp|Mao languages}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia. Categories (topical): Cold War
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-N~M1vIks Disambiguation of Cold War: 20 35 29 16 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 33 39 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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      "word": "Madame Mao"
    },
    {
      "word": "Maoism"
    },
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    {
      "word": "Mao Zedong Thought"
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          "ref": "1968, Edward S. Aarons, Assignment—Nuclear Nude, Fawcett Publications, page 135",
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          "ref": "1972, James Warren, “More Nixon Tapes A selection from recordings in the National Archives”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "RN: You think you should not have gone?\nTN: Yeah, I think it was a bad one to do. It was a good idea, but we shouldn't have gone to the University of Maryland … It was the motliest crew you've ever seen.\nRN: Well, that's my view about going to the universities. Well, I hope it didn't bother you too much.\nTN: No, it didn't. It was just—I know, I was just embarrassed because the Chinese issued a complaint.\nRN: A complaint about what?\nTN: Oh, you know, that they were being rude to the chairman—they were insulting Chairman Mao. There was nothing we could do! It's a free country!",
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      "word": "Mow"
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      "word": "مَاو"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "Mao: the Chinese surname",
      "word": "מאו"
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      "word": "माओ"
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      "word": "ម៉ៅ"
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      "sense": "Mao: the Chinese surname",
      "word": "مائو"
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      "word": "เหมา"
    },
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      "word": "མའོ"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "alt": "毛",
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      "sense": "Mao: the Chinese surname",
      "word": "Mao"
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      "code": "za",
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      "sense": "Mao: the Chinese surname",
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  ],
  "word": "Mao"
}

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