"avo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːvəʊ/ [UK], /ˈævəʉ/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: avos [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese avo. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|pt:avo|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "avo", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "pt" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "avo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="avo"> Borrowed from Portuguese avo. Head templates: {{en-noun}} avo (plural avos)
  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.
    Sense id: en-avo-en-noun-L~211Ztd Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Currencies, Macau Disambiguation of Currencies: 48 52 Disambiguation of Macau: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːvəʊ/ [UK], /ˈævəʉ/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: avos [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ Etymology: Clipping of avocado. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|avocado}} Clipping of avocado Head templates: {{en-noun}} avo (plural avos)
  1. (informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado. Tags: Australia, South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: avocado
    Sense id: en-avo-en-noun-kLcq9mDA Categories (other): Australian English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Currencies Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 10 47 3 11 0 1 7 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 51 2 8 0 0 5 27 Disambiguation of Currencies: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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