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shos

shos is the plural of sho.

Meaning of sho

Noun (1)

sho (plural shos)

  1. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.
    • The arrangement of pipes symbolizes the folded wings of the mythical phoenix, whose cry the shō's sound is said to represent.2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120

Noun (2)

sho (plural shos)

  1. A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.

Questions about shos

What is shos the plural of?
Shos is the plural of sho.

Words near shos in the dictionary

  1. Shortzian
  2. short‐term
  3. Shorwell
  4. shory
  5. Shorzha
  6. shos
  7. Shosh
  8. Shosha
  9. Shoshana
  10. Shoshas
  11. Shoshes

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