Speakur

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calo

/kˈɑloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
ca-lo
IPA
/kˈɑloʊ/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As an Italian surname, from the personal name Calò, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) * As a Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan surname, from several place names in the Iberian peninsula.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, καλός

Inflected Forms

Calos (plural)

Rhymes With

follow hollow swallow apollo gonzalo wallow rollo malo ruffalo salo garofalo manalo

Questions

How do you pronounce calo?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑloʊ/.
What does calo mean?
A surname.
Where does calo come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce calo

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