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(scot.) A sweetheart.
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Sweetheart; dear.
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The ccTLD for Jordan as assigned by the IANA.
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(biblical) Abbreviation of John.
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Jo is a Scottish term for sweetheart.

An example of a jo is a reference to a dear friend in a Robert Burns poem.

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A diminutive of the female given names Josephine, Joan or Joanna. Often used in conjoined names such as Jo Ann or Mary Jo.
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A rare spelling variant of Joe, diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
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Origin of jo

  • Alteration of joy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • . + ISO 3166-1 country code for Jordan, jo.

    From Wiktionary

Jo Sentence Examples

  • In Slovakia, Jo z a eprka and his school have devoted themselves to interpreting peasant life.

  • There are many ladies on Jo's who have had adenocarcinoma.

  • It is seen as a clump of wire-like leaves, a few feet in diameter, surrounding a stem, hardly thicker than a walking-stick, rising to a height of Jo or 12 ft.

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