jo

or joe

[ joh ]

/ dʒoʊ /

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noun, plural joes.Scot.

beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

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Origin of jo

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Words nearby jo

jnana-marga, jnd, Jno., Jnr, jnt., jo, Joab, Joachim, Joachim of Fiore, Joan, Joanne

Definition for jo (2 of 2)

[ joh ]

/ dʒoʊ /

noun

a female given name, form of Josephine.

a male given name, form of Joseph.

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“I am just floored by this,” Jo Farrell, now 83, told The Denver Post eight years ago when the allegations first surfaced.
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Joan and I, along with Isabella's parents Mary Gaye and Jo, can't wait to become proud grandparents.
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Yet that question, and its sad answer, hangs over If Nuns Ruled the World, by Jo Piazza.
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But photographer Jo Farrell has tracked down the last living survivors in the remote areas of China.
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She put out her hand to take them from the Little People,—and not a fish, nor a Jo gah oh was to be seen.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
From the day when the boy met the little Jo gah oh mother in the wood, and was given the stone, he had good luck.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
She was so happy with them she wished she might always live in a Jo gah oh lodge.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
Just as the little Jo gah oh mother had said, he became a chief, though not in the chieftain line.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
Another moon, and he was to lead Jo-que-yoh as his bride to his lodge.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jo (1 of 2)

jo¹

joe

/ (dʒəʊ) /

noun plural joes

a Scot word for sweetheart

Word Origin for jo

C16: alteration of joy

British Dictionary definitions for jo (2 of 2)

jo²

the internet domain name for

Jordan

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