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jo

1 American  
[joh] / dʒoʊ /
Or joe

noun

Scot.

plural

joes

  1. beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

Jo 2 American  
[joh] / dʒoʊ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Josephine.

  2. a male given name, form of Joseph.

jo 1 British  
/ dʒəʊ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for sweetheart

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jo 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Jordan

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Etymology

Origin of jo

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Example Sentences

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“When they talked about God, it kept reminding me of Kim Il Sung,” recalled Kim Sin- jo, who later became a Christian pastor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Greg Sargent: Biden is sending jo a very loud message.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

That wasn’t enough to keep Mike Mularkey on the jo b, and the Titans replaced him with Vrabel .

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2018

Creative Review magazine took a more balanced stance, : "Well, there you jo."

From BBC • May 22, 2013

That’s what you see, Mariam jo, he had said, the dark in their underbelly.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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