name
Meaning 1
A county of Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mayo
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
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈmeɪoʊ/
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Australian: /ˈmæɪəʉ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈmæɪɐʉ/
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/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
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rhymes with -eɪəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: M EY1 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
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name
Meaning 3
A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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name
Meaning 4
A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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name
Meaning 5
A village in Yukon, Canada.
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name
Meaning 6
A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
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name
Meaning 7
An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
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name
Meaning 8
A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
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name
Meaning 9
A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
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name
Meaning 10
A surname.
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name
Meaning 11
A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
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name
Meaning 12
A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
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noun
Meaning 13
Clipping of mayonnaise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Examples
- Pass me the mayo, please.
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noun
Meaning 14
A white person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
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noun
Meaning 15
Exaggeration.
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Usage: Australia, countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
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noun
Meaning 17
egg yolks and oil and vinegar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dressing, salad dressing
Narrower terms: green mayonnaise, sauce verte
History
Etymology
The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).
From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew.
From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 梅奧郡 /梅奥郡 (Méiào Jùn) — county of Ireland
- Irish: Maigh Eo — county of Ireland
- Irish: Contae Mhaigh Eo — county of Ireland
- Macedonian: Ме́јо (Méjo) — county of Ireland
- Manx: May Eo — county of Ireland
- Russian: Мэ́йо (Mɛ́jo) — county of Ireland