ciao

[ chah-aw; English chou ]

interjection

, Italian.

1. (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.

ciao

/ tʃau /

sentence substitute

1. an informal word for hello goodbye

Example Sentences

I believe the word is derived from “schiavo,” a slave, which became corrupted into “schiao,” and “ciao.”

From Project Gutenberg

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