IAO

Meaning of IAO in English

I. (ˈ)ē|au̇ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Samoan

: wattlebird 1a

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: native name in Hawaii

: a small silversides often used as bait in fishing

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

IAO — valley, Maui county, northwestern Maui Island, Hawaii, U.S., on the eastern slope of Puu Kukui Mountain. Formed by erosion of …
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IAO — [Polynesian] The Polynesian name for the Supreme Being. See Io.
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IAO VALLEY — or Wailuku Valley Canyon, eastern slope of Mount Puu Kukui, northwestern Maui, Hawaii, U.S. Formed by erosion, it is 5 …
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PEI-P'IAO — Pinyin Beipiao, mining town, western Liaoning Province, China. Located northwest of the Ta-ling Stream and east of the Ta-ch'ing Mountains, …
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PAN-CH'IAO — also spelled Pan Kiao shih (municipality) and seat of T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan, 4 mi (7 km) southwest of …
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IAO VALLEY — v. or Wailuku Valley Canyon, eastern slope of Mount Puu Kukui, northwestern Maui, Hawaii, U.S. Formed by erosion, it is …
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VALLEY — I Elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are commonly drained by rivers and may be in a relatively flat …
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WU MOUNTAINS — WadeGiles romanization and Pinyin Wu Shan mountain complex on the borders of Hupeh, Szechwan, and Kweichow provinces, China. They are …
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WILLOW PALISADE — WadeGiles romanization Liu-t'iao Pien, Pinyin Liutiaobian, ditch and embankment planted with willows built across part of southeastern Manchuria during the …
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WAILUKU — city, seat of Maui county, northern Maui Island, Hawaii, U.S. It is situated on an isthmus at the mouth of …
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TIENTSIN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien-ching, or (Pinyin) Tianjin, city and province-level shih (municipality), eastern China. Tientsin is the third largest city of …
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TA-PA MOUNTAINS — WadeGiles romanization Ta-pa Shan, Pinyin Daba Shan, mountain range dividing Szechwan province from Shensi province, China. Like the Tsinling Mountains …
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T'AI-PEI — northernmost hsien (county), Taiwan, occupying an area of 792 square miles (2,051 square km). It is bordered by I-lan hsien …
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SUCHOW — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Hs-chou, also called T'ung-shan, (Pinyin) Xuzhou, or Tongshan city in northwestern Kiangsu sheng (province), China. Its site marks …
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SHANGHAI
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SAN-CH'UNG — shih (municipality), T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It lies west of Taipei city, in the northern part of the western …
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PUU KUKUI — volcanic peak, Maui county, western Maui Island, Hawaii, U.S. It is the highest peak (5,788 feet ) of an 18-mile …
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P'U-CHOU — Pinyin Puzhou town in east central Shansi Province (sheng), China. It stands on the east bank of the Huang Ho …
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ORDOS DESERT
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HUNG-SHUI RIVER — Wade-Giles romanization Hung-shui Ho, Pinyin Hongshui He, river in Kweichow province and in Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region, southern China. It …
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GHAGHARA RIVER — also spelled Gogra, Ghaghra, or Ghagra, Nepali Kauriala major left-bank tributary of the Ganges River, rising as the Karnali River …
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FO-SHAN — Pinyin Foshan, city in central Kwangtung sheng (province), China. Fo-shan itself is situated in the delta 10 miles (16 km) …
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EAST ASIAN ARTS — music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the …
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COUSIN-MONTAUBAN, ... — born June 24, 1796, Paris died Jan. 8, 1878, Versailles, Fr. French general who commanded an expeditionary force in China, …
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CHIU-LUNG RIVER — Wade-Giles romanization Chiu-lung Chiang, Pinyin Jiulong Jiang river in southeastern Fukien province, China. The Chiu-lung River rises in the mountains …
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