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komodo^¹

noun komodos

Alternative letter-case form of Komodo

Komodo^²

/kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ UK
/kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/ US
/kə-/ US

Rhymes with -əʊdəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

proper noun

An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands

noun Komodos

A Komodo dragon.

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name island in Indonesia

中文	科莫多岛
Português	Komodo, Comodo
Deutsch	Komodo, Komodo-Insel
Ελληνικά	Κομόντο Komónto
Русский	Комо́до Komódo

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@misc{komodo_2026,
  title = {komodo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/komodo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}