hao
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong2: no longer in use.
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Estimated ages of sediment and fossil animal bones in Tam Ngu hao 2, or Cobra Cave, in Laos place the tooth found there between 164,000 and 131,000 years old.
A Denisovan girl’s fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos | Bruce Bower | May 17, 2022 | Science NewsShao signifies "little" or "a little," and hao is formed of the signs for "sun" and "heaven."
Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado | Alexander M'AllanThe contiguous country is named in honor of the Shao hao, or sun-child, who is called a shan or god.
Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado | Alexander M'AllanThe Buddhist priest, hao-chu, is a man of placid temperament and of passions subdued.
A History of Chinese Literature | Herbert A. GilesThis is the second day without observations, and we should have sighted hao Island yesterday morning.
South Sea Tales | Jack London
About 770 Wei hao produced an edition of twenty chan, many additional poems having come to light in the interval.
The Poet Li Po | Arthur Waley
British Dictionary definitions for hào
/ (haʊ) /
a monetary unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dông
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