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Caro

Caro proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Caroline.

Proper noun (1)

Caro

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
    • She hadn't realized that 'Caro' was a diminutive of Caroline until she met Jonathan. It sounded very Regency, like in all those historical novels she used to read when she was younger. Much younger. Of course, he came from the kind of background - county - where people are called 'Caroline'. And...[2004, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories, →ISBN, pages 96–97

Proper noun (2)

Caro

  1. A city, the county seat of Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.

Origin of Caro

Variant form of Cairo, the Egyptian city.

Phrases with Caro

Questions about Caro

What does Caro mean?
Caro means a diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
What part of speech is Caro?
Caro is a proper noun.

Words near Caro in the dictionary

  1. carny
  2. carnyces
  3. carnying
  4. carnyx
  5. carnyxes
  6. Caro
  7. caro sposo
  8. Caro's acid
  9. Caro-Kann
  10. Caro-Kann Defence
  11. Caro-Kann Defense

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