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avo

/ˈɑːvəʊ/

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Australia/ˈævəʉ/

avo noun: a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca. Also the clipping of avocado.

Noun (1)

avo (plural avos)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Noun (2) capitalized: AVO

AVO

  1. (Australia, initialism) apprehended violence order, a court order used to protect someone from violence or harassment.
  2. (initialism) amplitude variation with offset.

Also used as

avo is also the clipping of avocado.

Forms of avo

pluralavos

Origin of avo

Borrowed from Portuguese avo.

Clipping of avocado.

Questions about avo

What does avo mean?
Avo means a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.
What part of speech is avo?
Avo is a noun.
How do you pronounce avo?
Avo is pronounced /ˈɑːvəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of avo?
The plural of avo is avos.

Words near avo in the dictionary

  1. AVLBs
  2. AVM
  3. AVMs
  4. AVN
  5. AVNRT
  6. avo
  7. avobenzone
  8. Avoca
  9. Avoca Beach
  10. avocaat
  11. avocadi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: avo (page history and authors); AVO (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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