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boko

UK/ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/US/ˈboʊ.koʊ/

boko noun: the nose.

Noun (1)

boko (plural bokos)

  1. (Australia, West-Midlands, dated) The nose.
    • […] the way he hid the Pernod card and bumped me on the boko when I tried to have a dekko at it proves that.1943, W[illiam] E[arl] Johns, Biggles Fails to Return, page 115
    • He sang Landor's lines in a quavering falsetto, then broke raucously into the schoolboy battle-cry of "Hit him on the boko, hit him on the boko, Jericho!"1965, The Illustrated Weekly of India, volume 86, number 1, page 41
    Synonyms:
    nose

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Boko

Boko

  1. A people of Benin and Nigeria.
  2. A Mande language spoken by the Boko people.
    Synonyms:
    Boo

Noun (2) capitalized: Boko

Boko (plural Bokos)

  1. A member of the Boko people.
    Synonyms:
    Boo

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Boko

Boko

  1. Boko Haram.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Boko

Boko

  1. A town in Niangoloko Department, Comoé Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Boko

Boko

  1. A district in the Pool region of southeastern Republic of the Congo.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Boko

Boko

  1. The Latin script alphabet used for the Hausa language.

boko meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

boko in Hindi

बोको, बॉको

boko in Tamil

போகோ

boko in Marathi

बोको, बॉको

boko in Urdu

بوکو
More languagesFewer languages
boko in Bengali
বোকো, বোকো-র
boko in Telugu
బోకో, బొకో
boko in Malayalam
ബോക്കോ, ബോകോ
boko in Kannada
ಬೊಕೊ, ಬೋಕೋ
boko in Punjabi
ਬੋਕੋ
boko in Gujarati
બોકો
boko in Odia
ବୋକୋ
boko in Nepali
बोको

Synonyms of boko

Forms of boko

pluralbokos
pluralBokos

Origin of boko

Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins: * From beak (“nose”) * From French beaucoup (“very much”) * Blend of beak (“nose”) + coconut * From boke (“point; thrust”) * From poke, as in poke one's nose into

From a word in the Boko language.

A shortening of Boko Haram.

Words that rhyme with boko

Questions about boko

What does boko mean?
Boko means the nose.
What is boko in Hindi?
Boko in Hindi is बोको, बॉको. See Boko meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is boko?
Boko can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce boko?
Boko is pronounced /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of boko?
The plural of boko is bokos.

Words near boko in the dictionary

  1. bokkoms
  2. Boklaoan
  3. bokmakierie
  4. bokmakieries
  5. Bokmål
  6. boko
  7. Boko Haram
  8. Bokod
  9. bokola
  10. bokono
  11. bokonon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boko (page history and authors); Boko (page history and authors); boko (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boko (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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