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fogo

fogo is the alternative form of hogo.

Meaning of hogo

Noun

hogo (plural hogos)

  1. A strong, unpleasant smell.
    • In short, he lookt extremely natty, / And even contrived—to his own great wonder— / By dint of sundry scents from Gattie, / To keep the sulphurous hogo under.a. 1852, Thomas Moore, “A Case of Libel”, in The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore

Proper noun capitalized: Fogo

Fogo

  1. A community in Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. An island of the Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde.
  3. A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.

Forms of fogo

pluralfogos

Phrases with fogo

Questions about fogo

What does fogo mean?
Fogo means a community in Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
What is fogo the alternative form of?
Fogo is the alternative form of hogo.
What part of speech is fogo?
Fogo is a proper noun.

Words near fogo in the dictionary

  1. foglines
  2. Foglio
  3. Foglios
  4. fogman
  5. fogmen
  6. fogo
  7. Fogo Island
  8. fogos
  9. fogou
  10. fogous
  11. fogponic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fogo (page history and authors); Fogo (page history and authors); hogo (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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