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dato

dato is the alternative form of datto.

Meaning of datto

Noun

datto (plural dattos)

  1. A local headman in many parts of central Malaysia and the southern Philippines.

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Proper noun capitalized: Dato

Dato (plural Datos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of dato

Noun
pluraldatos
Proper noun
pluralDatos

Origin of dato

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Dato. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Questions about dato

What does dato mean?
Dato means a surname.
What is dato the alternative form of?
Dato is the alternative form of datto.
What part of speech is dato?
Dato is a proper noun.

Words near dato in the dictionary

  1. Datiwuy
  2. datlash
  3. Datlow
  4. Datlows
  5. DATMO
  6. dato
  7. datolite
  8. datolites
  9. datolitic
  10. Datong
  11. Datooga

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dato (page history and authors); Dato (page history and authors); datto (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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