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Fo
1[ foh; Italian faw ]
noun
- Chinese. Buddha ( def 1 ).
- Da·rio [dah, -ryaw], 1926–2016, Italian playwright and theater director: Nobel Prize 1997.
fo.
2abbreviation for
- folio.
FO
3abbreviation for
, Baseball.
F.O.
4abbreviation for
- field officer.
- foreign office.
- Military. forward observer.
FO
1abbreviation for
- army Field Officer
- air force Flying Officer
- Foreign Office
- Faeroe Islands (international car registration)
Fo
2/ fəʊ /
noun
- FoDario1926MItalianWRITING: playwrightTHEATRE: actor Dario (ˈdærɪəʊ). born 1926, Italian playwright and actor. His plays include The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), Trumpets and Raspberries (1984), and The Tricks of the Trade (1991): Nobel prize for literature 1997
fo.
3abbreviation for
- folio
fo
4the internet domain name for
- Faeroe Islands
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Fo1
(for sense 4) from Faeroese Fōroyar
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Example Sentences
Good gracious, was that Chance—that madman that threw up his clerkship at the F.O.!
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