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Seto

Seto proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Seto (plural Setos)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Seto (plural Setos)

  1. A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
  2. A surname.

Proper noun (3)

Seto (countable and uncountable, plural Setos)

  1. a Finno-Ugric people live in southeast Estonia.
  2. a Finno-Ugric language spoken in southeast Estonia.

Forms of Seto

pluralSetos

Origin of Seto

Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).

Borrowed from Japanese 瀬戸 (Seto).

Words formed from Seto

Questions about Seto

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

Words near Seto in the dictionary

  1. setnets
  2. setnetted
  3. setnetter
  4. setnetters
  5. setnetting
  6. Seto
  7. Seto Inland Sea
  8. setoff
  9. setoffs
  10. Setogawa
  11. Setogawas

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