Quao

American  

[kwah-oh] / ˈkwɑ oʊ /

noun

1. a male day name for Thursday. day name

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Example Sentences

Later in the evening, the singular notes of the goatsuckers are heard, one species crying Quao, Quao, another Chuck-cococao; and these are repeated at intervals far into the night in the most monotonous manner.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

However, Captain Quao, like Captain Cudjoe, made a treaty at last, and hats were interchanged instead of hostages.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

In Ramghur there is a wild dog called Quao, or Quaw, which lives in communities, just as those of Nepaul; and still another kind inhabits the forests of the Island of Sumatra.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William

Goat suckers repeated by the hour their monotonous refrains, "Quao quao," or "Cho-co-co-cao," while a third earnestly exhorted, "Joao corta pao!"

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)