MAO
/maʊ̯/ · noun
Meaning
- Synonym of labret
- A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
- A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.
- Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
- The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
- A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
- A Sino-Tibetan language.
- A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
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