Standard Lemma guide

MAU

name · noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: M OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city and district of Azamgarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of media/multiple attachment unit: a connectivity device for a token ring network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of monthly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A kind of short-haired domestic cat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मऊ (maū).

From mȧu, the rendering of Egyptian mjw (“cat”) in Karl Richard Lepsius’s 19th-century transcription system.