Gao

[ gah-oh, gou ]

/ ˈgɑ oʊ, gaʊ /

noun

a city in E Mali.

Definition for gao (2 of 2)

GAO

General Accounting Office.

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Examples from the Web for gao

And the Department of Agriculture, which runs school lunches, has already made some changes the GAO report recommended.
Republicans for More Fat Kids|Michael Tomasky|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, in May of 1998, the GAO declared the OIG report was misleading.
Why the Crisis in VA Hospitals Shames Our Country on Memorial Day|Jake Adelstein|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The earliest modern era GAO report on scheduling inefficiency and wait times at the VA dates to the year 2000.
Does the V.A. Have More Secret, Deadly Wait Lists?|Jacob Siegel|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which anyone with a “Let me hear your body talk” first marriage could have told the GAO for free.
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks|P. J. O’Rourke|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

GAO found similar results in a study it conducted last September.
How Did He Get Clearance?|Miranda Green|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was also on the Niger, and the assignment had been almost identical to the Gao one.
Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds
The frequent riming of go (gao) with do (doo) has already been noted.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer
He wore a rosary round his neck, a necklace of shells, and a gao with an idol, which had been given him by the Tashi Lama.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
Six months ago, she had given a performance similar to that she had just finished in Gao, several hundred miles down river.
Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for gao

Gao

/ (ˈɡɑːəʊ, ɡaʊ) /

noun

a town in E Mali, on the River Niger: a small river port. Pop: 57 978 (2005 est)

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