"Woo" meaning in English

See Woo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Woos [plural]
Etymology: From an irregular romanization of various Mandarin Chinese surnames including 吳/吴 (Wú), 伍 (Wǔ), 武 (Wǔ), and 巫 (Wū), or from Cantonese 胡 (wu4). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|吳|tr=Wú}} 吳/吴 (Wú), {{zh-l|伍|tr=Wǔ}} 伍 (Wǔ), {{zh-l|武|tr=Wǔ}} 武 (Wǔ), {{zh-l|巫|tr=Wū}} 巫 (Wū), {{bor|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|胡|tr=wu4}} 胡 (wu4) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Woo (plural Woos)
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Woo-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames, English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Woos [plural]
Etymology: Korean 우 (u). * (surname): from Korean 禹, 於 (禹 , 於) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|우}} Korean 우 (u), {{sense|surname}} (surname):, {{der|en|ko|禹, 於}} Korean 禹, 於 (禹 , 於) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Woo (plural Woos)
  1. A surname from Korean. Synonyms: Wu, Ou, U, Wo
    Sense id: en-Woo-en-name-qe3-kOiv Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Woo meaning in English (2.5kB)

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