arvo

American  

[ahr-voh] / ˈɑr voʊ /

noun

Australian Slang.

1. afternoon.

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arvo British  

/ ˈɑːvəʊ /

noun

1. informal afternoon

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Etymology

Origin of arvo

First recorded in 1930–35; af(ternoon) + -o, with voicing of -f-; ar is r-less speaker's representation of low back vowel; cf. humorously dialectal spelling 'arf for Cockney pronunciation of half

Example Sentences

But Arvo Pärt, Estonian to his core, is certainly among them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Magic returned with Arvo Pärt’s “Hymn to a Great City” in the second half.

From Los Angeles Times

Estonians avoid extremes; their national cultural icon is minimalist composer Arvo Pärt, whose pieces can seem barely there.

From Seattle Times

Other contemporary composers, such Arvo Pärt and the late John Tavener, have tapped into a musical representation of orthodox Christianity offering spiritual salve to a wider mainstream audience.

From Los Angeles Times

The organ has its own prominent side-narrative in jazz history, but the Amsterdam-based van Gelder is culling from a different stream, closer to contemporary classical composers like Arvo Pärt and György Ligeti, using dissonance and space.

From New York Times