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Abo
1[ Ab-oh ]
noun
- a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aboriginal person.
adjective
ABO
2abbreviation for
Åbo
3[ aw-boo ]
noun
- Swedish name of Turku.
Abo
2/ ˈæbəʊ /
noun
- short for Aborigine
- ( as modifier )
an Abo reserve
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One of the best specimens of such an entertainment we chanced to see was at the old-world city of Åbo.
It ran—Annuka, the maid of Åbo, sat at the end of the bridge waiting for a man after her own mind, a man with tender words.
We stopped at Åbo, the ancient capital of Finland, justly proud of its stone cathedral.
It was really amazing, in the market-place at Åbo, to see the large baskets filled with these little crayfish.
Thus too Åbo, the ancient capital of Finland, was called Turku, which in the Swedish language means a market-place.
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