Gao

[ gah-oh, gou ]

/ ˈgɑ oʊ, gaʊ /

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noun

a city in E Mali.

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Words nearby Gao

Gantrisin, gantry, Gantt chart, Ganymeda, Ganymede, Gao, gaol, Gaon, Gao Xingjian, Gaoxiong, gap

Other definitions for Gao (2 of 2)

GAO

General Accounting Office.

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How to use Gao in a sentence

And the Department of Agriculture, which runs school lunches, has already made some changes the GAO report recommended.
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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
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
The following day the entire ato has a ceremonial fishing in the river, called “mang-o′-gao” or “tĭd-wĭl.”
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
It was also on the Niger, and the assignment had been almost identical to the Gao one.
Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds
On heating to redness in a stream of hydrogen it forms a bluish mass which is probably a lower oxide of composition GaO.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various
Each tribe had its hereditary “khu-khoi” or “gao-ao” or chief, and each kraal its captain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various

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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