jo

¹ American  

[joh] / dʒoʊ /

Or joe

noun

Scot.

plural

joes

1. beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

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Jo ² American  

[joh] / dʒoʊ /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Josephine.

2. a male given name, form of Joseph.

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jo ¹ British  

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. a Scot word for sweetheart

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jo ² British  

abbreviation

1. Jordan

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Etymology

Origin of jo

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Example Sentences

But Baba Joon’s ab jo — and simply the idea of Iranian beer — was a more elusive recipe.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

That wasn’t enough to keep Mike Mularkey on the jo b, and the Titans replaced him with Vrabel .

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2018

But like Vocre, you can’t use the app offline, which for international travelers is not good, bon, bueno, dobre, gut, buono, bra, goeie, jo or geras.

From New York Times • May 1, 2013

John Anderson, my jo, John My Bonnie Mary Jean, the lassie I lo'e best The lovely Mary Morison By which of these epithets is Burns not in fact known?

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011

Mariam stood beside Bibi jo, with the women, as Mullah Faizullah recited prayers at the graveside and the men lowered Nana’s shrouded body into the ground.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini