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CAO

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CAO¹

proper noun

  1. Ireland, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Central Applications Office, the official body tasked with handling applications for students' first year of college.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of conscious, alert and oriented.

Cao²

Where it comes from

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).

proper noun

  1. historical A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
  2. A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
  3. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cia, gao, tso, fac, cad, cla, eac, code, director-general, vega, tao, kao, kong, lime, rubber, oac

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"CAO." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cao. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

CAO. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cao

Chicago

"CAO." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cao.

BibTeX
@misc{cao_2026,
  title = {CAO},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}