gio

British  

/ ˈdʒiːəʊ /

noun

1. an older variant of geo

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Example Sentences

The Vietnamese served cha gio, snacks of fish covered with thin rice wafers and dipped in the inevitable fermented fish oil, nuoc mam.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a diploma, I’d be able to enter the cole- gio.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Junior Division. ko mar new yps th di wa cam po add cia bla peg nus chr ina nch gla ila pe ing rd ist gio dst gate one om nti ard ton ch 1.

From Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

And then, lapsing into dialect once more: "Maria, tajee gio un poo de pan—cut off a bit of bread."

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio

Now, the old Roman pronunciation of diu was exactly the same as gio, both being pronounced as our English jorn.

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)