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kano

/ˈkɑːnoʊ/

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Philippines/kɐˈnoʔ/

kano noun: a male American.

Noun

kano (plural kanos)

  1. (Philippines, slang) A male American.
  2. (Philippines, broadly, slang) A Western foreigner

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kano

Kano

  1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kano City.
  2. The largest city and state capital of Kano State, Nigeria.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kano

Kano (plural Kanos)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

kano meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kano in Hindi

कानो, कनो

kano in Tamil

கானோ, கனோ

kano in Marathi

कानो

kano in Urdu

کانو
More languagesFewer languages
kano in Bengali
কানো
kano in Telugu
కనో
kano in Malayalam
കനോ
kano in Kannada
ಕಾನೊ, ಕನೋ
kano in Punjabi
ਕਾਨੋ, ਕਨੋ
kano in Odia
କାନୋ
kano in Nepali
कानो, कनो

Forms of kano

Noun
pluralkanos
Proper noun
pluralKanos

Origin of kano

Borrowed from Tagalog Kano, initial clipping of Amerikano, ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).

Borrowed from Hausa Kanṑ.

Borrowed from Japanese 狩野 (Kano) or Japanese 加納 (Kanō).

Words formed from kano

Questions about kano

What does kano mean?
Kano means a male American.
What is kano in Hindi?
Kano in Hindi is कानो, कनो. See Kano meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kano?
Kano can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kano?
Kano is pronounced /kɐˈnoʔ/ (Philippines).
What is the plural of kano?
The plural of kano is kanos.

Words near kano in the dictionary

  1. Kanns
  2. Kannstatt
  3. Kannur
  4. kanny
  5. Kannywood
  6. kano
  7. Kanode
  8. Kanodes
  9. kanoite
  10. Kanoj
  11. kanon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kano (page history and authors); Kano (page history and authors); kano (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kano (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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