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mayo¹

  • /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/

Rhymes with -eɪəʊ

noun mayos

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of mayonnaise Pass me the mayo, please.
  2. Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur A white person.

    Similar: white person

  3. Australia, countable, informal, uncountable Exaggeration. Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?

Mayo²

  • /ˈmeɪəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈmeɪoʊ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈmæɪəʉ/ Australia
  • /ˈmæɪɐʉ/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).

proper noun

  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
  3. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  4. A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A village in Yukon, Canada.
  6. A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
  8. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Mayo³

Where it comes from

From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew.

proper noun Mayos

  1. A surname.

Mayo⁴

Where it comes from

From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River.

noun

  1. A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

    Similar: Yoreme

proper noun

  1. A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.

Mayo⁵

proper noun

  1. A town in southwest Ivory Coast.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mayonnaise, may, yaqui, mai, galway, robson, mayon, junio, agosto, aioli, salad cream, sandwich spread, salad dressing, remoulade, tartar sauce, white sauce

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name county of Ireland

中文梅奧郡 /梅奥郡 Méiào Jùn
РусскийМэ́йо Mɛ́jo

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{mayo_2026,
  title = {mayo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mayo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}