abo
UK/ˈæb.əʊ/
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Australia/ˈæb.əʉ/
abo noun: an Aboriginal person.
Noun (1)
abo (plural abos)
- An Aboriginal person.
Adjective
abo (comparative more abo, superlative most abo)
- Australian Aboriginal.
- ‘The youngster will pick up the abo language faster than his own.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 210
Noun (2) capitalized: ABO
ABO (uncountable)
- The most important blood type classification system for human blood transfusions.
- Initialism of access, basing, overflight.
Noun (3) capitalized: Abo
Abo (plural Abos)
- Alternative letter-case form of abo
- He said the government should put the Abos to work and he would write a letter to every politician this side of the black stump telling them exactly that.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 34
Synonyms of abo
Forms of abo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | abos |
| alternative form | Abo |
| plural | Abos |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more abo |
| superlative | most abo |
Origin of abo
First attested in 1922, clipping of aborigine.
Words formed from abo
- ABO group
- ABO system
Words that rhyme with abo
Questions about abo
- What does abo mean?
- Abo means an Aboriginal person.
- What part of speech is abo?
- Abo can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abo?
- Abo is pronounced /ˈæb.əʉ/ (Australia).
- What is the plural of abo?
- The plural of abo is abos.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abo (page history and authors); ABO (page history and authors); Abo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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