"Neo" meaning in English

See Neo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Recent coinage from the prefix neo- (“new”). Popularized by a character in the science-fiction film The Matrix (1999), where it is explained as an anagram of "(the) One". Head templates: {{en-prop}} Neo
  1. A male given name originating as a coinage. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Néo (French), Neo (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Neo-en-name-Zkzu-14F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 梁 (Niû, Niô͘), or Teochew 梁 (nion⁵ / niên⁵). Doublet of Niu. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|nan-hbl|梁|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=Niû, Niô͘|ts=}} Hokkien 梁 (Niû, Niô͘), {{bor+|en|nan-hbl|梁|tr=Niû, Niô͘}} Borrowed from Hokkien 梁 (Niû, Niô͘), {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{bor|en|nan-tws|梁|tr=nion⁵ / niên⁵}} Teochew 梁 (nion⁵ / niên⁵), {{doublet|en|Niu}} Doublet of Niu Head templates: {{en-prop}} Neo
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Neo-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Etymology: Named after the Neo Users Group in 2004. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Neo
  1. An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets.
    Sense id: en-Neo-en-name-A7RItIcr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Proper name

Etymology templates: {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|-}} Neo (uncountable)
  1. An international auxiliary language created by Arturo Alfandari in 1961, combining features of Esperanto, Ido, Novial, and Volapük. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Artificial languages
    Sense id: en-Neo-en-name-xvMqDwdL Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 36 8 6 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 10 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

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