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Yao

[you] ,
–noun
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun), was a paragon of good government.

Yao

[you] ,
–noun, plural Yaos, (especially collectively) Yao for 1.
1. a member of an indigenous people of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
2. the Bantu language spoken by the Yao.
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Yao 1   (you)   
n.   pl. Yao or Yaos
  1. A member of a people related to the Hmong and inhabiting southern China, northern Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

  2. The Miao-Yao language of the Yao.

Yao 2   (you)   
A city of southern Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Osaka. Population: 273,000.
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