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rao

/ɹˈaʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
rao
IPA
/ɹˈaʊ/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As an Italian surname, reduced from Radulfo. See Rolf, Ralph, Raul, etc. * As an Indian surname, from Marathi राव (rāv), Gujarati રાવ (rāv), Telugu రావు (rāvu), etc.; all ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king”). * As a Chinese surname, from the place name 饒 /饶 (ráo). More at Rao.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, राव, રાવ, రావు, राजन्

Inflected Forms

Raos (plural)

Phrases

Rao-Blackwellize

Homonyms

rau

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce rao

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