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geo

UK/ɡjəʊ/

geo noun: an inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff. Also the clipping of geography.

Noun (1)

geo (plural geos)

  1. (Caithness, Orkney, Shetland) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

Noun (2) capitalized: GEO

GEO (plural GEOs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of genetically engineered organism.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of geostationary orbit.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of geostationary Earth orbit.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of geosynchronous equatorial orbit.

Also used as

geo is also the clipping of geography.

Forms of geo

pluralgeos
pluralGEOs

Origin of geo

Borrowed from Norn gjo, from Old Norse gjá.

From geo-.

Words formed from geo

Phrases with geo

Words that rhyme with geo

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Questions about geo

What does geo mean?
Geo means an inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.
What part of speech is geo?
Geo is a noun.
How do you pronounce geo?
Geo is pronounced /ɡjəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of geo?
The plural of geo is geos.

Words near geo in the dictionary

  1. genyplasty
  2. Genz
  3. Genzes
  4. genzine
  5. genzines
  6. geo
  7. geo-
  8. geo-agronomic
  9. geo-bach
  10. geo-bached
  11. geo-bachelor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geo (page history and authors); GEO (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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