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imo

imo is the alternative form of IMO.

Prepositional phrase capitalized: IMO

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of in my opinion.

Noun capitalized: IMO

IMO (countable and uncountable, plural IMOs)

  1. Template:init of.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: IMO

IMO

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, UN) Initialism of International Maritime Organization.
    • Sri Lanka has asked the IMO to classify plastic pellets as toxic substances, and Vanuatu is calling for better reporting of containers lost at sea.2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 Feb 2022, Seascape: the...
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of International Mathematical Olympiad.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Imo

Imo

  1. A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Owerri.

Forms of imo

Prepositional phrase
alternative formimo
Noun
pluralIMOs

Origin of imo

From Igbo Imo, derived from the Imo River.

Questions about imo

What does imo mean?
Imo means template:init of.
What is imo the alternative form of?
Imo is the alternative form of IMO.
What part of speech is imo?
Imo can be a prepositional phrase, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near imo in the dictionary

  1. immy
  2. Imna
  3. IMNAAHO
  4. IMNSFHO
  5. IMNSHO
  6. imo
  7. Imochagh
  8. Imogen
  9. Imogene
  10. Imogens
  11. Imogine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imo (page history and authors); IMO (page history and authors); Imo (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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