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Flo
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flo fló flo'
English
Pronunciation
en /fləʊ/ RP
en /floʊ/ GenAm
en flow floe
en əʊ 1
Proper noun
en female Florence,Flora.
Derived terms
Aunt Flo
Flo-Town
Anagrams
en flo LFO olf fol. lof LOF FOL
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Alemannic German
Etymology
From gsw gmh vlō, from gsw goh flōh, from gsw gmw-pro *flauh, from gsw gem-pro *flauhaz.
Cognate with de Floh, nl vlo, en flea, is fló.
Noun
gsw noun m
gsw Uri flea
References
gsw Insects Parasites
French
Etymology
Clipping of fr Florence/fr Florent.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Flo.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Flo.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
mfbysense
fr female Florence
fr male Florent
Derived terms
fr Floflo
Swedish
Etymology
Attested in 1305 as Flo, name of a church village, probably containing the element sv flo(e) small body of water, pool, marsh, from sv non flōi marsh, swamp, from sv gem-pro *flōduz river.Mats Wahlberg, red (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen.
Proper noun
n
sv district c/Sweden Flo distrikt
sv village c/Sweden Flo socken
References
Svensk Uppslagsbok andra upplagan 1947–1955: Flo socken
Harlén, Hans; Harlén Eivy (2003). Sverige från A till Ö: geografisk-historisk uppslagsbok. Stockholm: Kommentus.