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Peto

Peto proper noun: a surname.

peto: a surname
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Proper noun

Peto (countable and uncountable, plural Petos)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town and municipality in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.

Forms of Peto

pluralPetos

Origin of Peto

Two main origins: * English habitational surname of Anglo-Norman origin for someone from Poitou, in France. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pető, a pet form of the personal name Péter.

Questions about Peto

What does Peto mean?
Peto means a surname.
What part of speech is Peto?
Peto is a proper noun.

Words near Peto in the dictionary

  1. petnapper
  2. petnappers
  3. petnapping
  4. petnappings
  5. petnaps
  6. Peto
  7. Peto's paradox
  8. Petone
  9. petong
  10. Petoniak
  11. Petorca

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