five-o

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five-o^¹

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From the police procedural television series Hawaii Five-O (first aired in 1968), so named because it is set in Hawaii, which is the 50th U.S. state.

noun 5-O · five-oh · 5.0 · 5O · Five-O

uncountable The police. Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants

Five-O^²

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uncountable Alternative letter-case form of five-o

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@misc{five_o_2026,
  title = {five-o},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/five-o},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}