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geo

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ɡjəʊ/
  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • UK: /dʒiːˈəʊ/
  • rhymes with -iːəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY1 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Caithness, Orkney, Shetland

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Clipping of geography (“a sales territory or other geographic area”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable

Topics: business

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of genetically engineered organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of geostationary orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of geostationary Earth orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Abbreviation of geosynchronous equatorial orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Norn gjo, from Old Norse gjá.

From geo-.