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Po

1 American  
[poh] / poʊ /

noun

  1. a river in Italy, flowing E from the Alps in the NW to the Adriatic. 418 miles (669 km) long.

Po 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. polonium.

po 3 American  
[poh] / poʊ /

noun

Australia and New Zealand.

PLURAL

pos

  1. a chamber pot.

p.o. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) by mouth.

PO 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. post office. Also P.O.

  2. Baseball.  putout; putouts.

P.O. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. post office. Also PO

  2. parole officer.

  3. petty officer.

  4. Chiefly British.  postal (money) order.

PO 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Post Office

  2. Personnel Officer

  3. petty officer

  4. Pilot Officer

  5. Also: p.o..  postal order

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Po 2 British  

symbol

  1. polonium

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Po 3 British  
/ pəʊ /

noun

  1. Latin name: Padus.  a river in N Italy, rising in the Cottian Alps and flowing northeast to Turin, then east to the Adriatic: the longest river in Italy. Length: 652 km (405 miles)

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po 4 British  
/ pəʊ /

noun

  1. an informal word for chamber pot

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Etymology

Origin of po3

1875–80; probably < French pot ( de chambre ) chamber pot

Origin of p.o.4

From Latin per ōs

Example Sentences

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On Sunday, thousands of people had gathered outside the charred buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district to lay flowers and leave mementos and messages such as “rest in peace” and “Hong Kong be strong.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Seven of eight tower blocks in a housing in the northerly Tai Po district rapidly went up in flames on Wednesday.

From BBC

More than 1,000 people from across the Chinese city flocked to the housing complex in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district to pay respects on Sunday, forming huge queues, an AFP reporter saw.

From Barron's

A further 79 people have been injured in the city's deadliest blaze in more than 70 years, which occurred in the northerly suburb of Tai Po, while dozens remain missing.

From BBC

This is Hong Kong's deadliest fire in at least 63 years - already having surpassed the toll of the August 1962 inferno in the Sham Shui Po neighbourhood, which killed 44 people and displaced hundreds.

From BBC

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