Shamo

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Shamo

/ˈʃɑˌmɔ/

Where it comes from

From the Mandarin word for desert, 沙漠 (shāmò, literally “sandy desert”), historically used as the proper name of the Gobi Desert.

proper noun Xamo

obsolete Synonym of Gobi.
Similar: Gobi

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@misc{shamo_2026,
  title = {Shamo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shamo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}