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milo

/ˈmaɪloʊ/

milo noun: sorghum.

Noun (1)

milo (countable and uncountable, plural milos)

  1. (US) sorghum
    • When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices

Proper noun capitalized: Milo

Milo

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.1989, Pat Cadigan, Patterns, Ursus Imprints, →ISBN, page 12
    • Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo.
    • Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191
  2. An English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.
  3. A small village in Llanfihangel Aberbythych community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5917).
  4. A village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Huntington County, Indiana.
  6. A minor city in Warren County, Iowa.
  7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Piscataquis County, Maine.
  8. A village in Vernon County, Missouri.
  9. A town in Yates County, New York.
  10. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
  11. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon.
  12. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.

Noun (2) capitalized: Milo

Milo (uncountable)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) A drink of Milo chocolate.

milo meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

milo in Tamil

மிலோ

milo in Marathi

मीलो

milo in Bengali

মিলো

milo in Telugu

మిలో
More languagesFewer languages
milo in Malayalam
മിലോ
milo in Kannada
ಮಿಲೋ, ಮಿಲೊ
milo in Gujarati
મિલો
milo in Odia
ମିଲୋ

Forms of milo

pluralmilos

Plural of milo: milos

Origin of milo

Probably related to Portuguese milho (“millet”). In early European accounts, millet and sorghum were often confused.

A Latinate variant of Miles.

From Milo, an Australian brand of chocolate owned by Nestle.

Words formed from milo

Phrases with milo

Questions about milo

What does milo mean?
Milo means sorghum.
What is milo in Tamil?
Milo in Tamil is மிலோ. See Milo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is milo?
Milo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce milo?
Milo is pronounced /ˈmaɪloʊ/.
What is the plural of milo?
The plural of milo is milos.

Words near milo in the dictionary

  1. Milngavie
  2. Milnor
  3. Milnrow
  4. Milnthorpe
  5. Milnwood
  6. milo
  7. Milo dinosaur
  8. milo disease
  9. milometer
  10. milometers
  11. Milon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milo (page history and authors); Milo (page history and authors); milo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milo (Odia, 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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