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a⋅vo

[ah-voo]
–noun, plural a⋅vos.
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.

Origin:
1905–10; < Pg: lit., trifle, shortening of oitavo eighth; see octave
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a·vo   (ä'vōō)   
n.   pl. a·vos
See Table at currency.

[Portuguese, shortened from oitavo, eighth, from Latin octāvus; see octave.]
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