"ou" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊ.uː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ou.wav Forms: ous [plural]
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻōʻū. Etymology templates: {{der|en|haw|ʻōʻū|}} Hawaiian ʻōʻū Head templates: {{en-noun}} ou (plural ous)
  1. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea. Translations (extinct honeycreeper): 鸚嘴雀 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹦嘴雀 (yīngzuǐquè) (Chinese Mandarin), šatovník papouščí (Czech), ʻōʻū (Hawaiian), 오우 (ou) (Korean), оу (ou) (Russian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /əʊ/ [General-South-African, UK], /oʊ/ [US] Forms: ous [plural], ouens [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -oʊ Etymology: From Afrikaans ou, probably from Dutch ouwe (“old man”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|af|ou}} Afrikaans ou, {{der|en|nl|oud|ouwe|old man}} Dutch ouwe (“old man”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ouens}} ou (plural ous or ouens)
  1. (South Africa, colloquial) A fellow, guy, bloke. Tags: South-Africa, colloquial Categories (lifeform): True finches
    Sense id: en-ou-en-noun-XZoPYLWs Disambiguation of True finches: 30 70 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "鸚嘴雀"
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