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Milo
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Appendix:Variations of "milo"
English
Etymology 1
A Latinate variant of Miles.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmaɪloʊ/
Proper noun
en male Germanic languages.
en 1989 w:Pat Cadigan Patterns Ursus Imprints 094268107X 12 Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.
en 2011 w:Ali Smith There but for the Hamish Hamilton 9780241143407 191 Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo.Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?
en 2017-01-28 Abigail Edge Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/28/milo-yiannopoulos-campus-speaking-tour-colorado Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830122450/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/28/milo-yiannopoulos-campus-speaking-tour-colorado
en Harvin Bhathal Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think. w:Route Fifty https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2023/08/did-plastic-straw-bans-work-yes-not-way-youd-think/389304/ 2023-08-10 Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one. https://web.archive.org/web/20240305030430/https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2023/08/did-plastic-straw-bans-work-yes-not-way-youd-think/389304/
en English patronymics transferred from the given name.
A number of places around the world, including:
en small village wcomm/Llanfihangel Aberbythych co/Carmarthenshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SN5917.
en village co/Vulcan County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm twp:Suf/Jefferson co/Huntington County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Warren County s/Iowa.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Piscataquis County s/Maine.
en village co/Vernon County s/Missouri.
en town co/Yates County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Carter County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Douglas County s/Oregon.
en ucomm co/Calhoun County s/West Virginia.
Translations
male given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 米洛 Mǐluò
Thai: th ไมโล mailoo
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Milo is the 11659th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2689 individuals. Milo is most common among White (64.63%) individuals.
Etymology 2
From en w:Milo (drink) Milo, an en Australian brand of chocolate owned by Nestle.
Noun
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en Malaysia Singapore colloquial A drink of Milo chocolate.
Derived terms
en Milo dinosaur
Descendants
zh 美祿 1
ms Milo 1
Anagrams
en ilmo OIML limo moil
en Beverages
Finnish
Etymology
From fi cs Milo, short for cs Miloslav.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Declension
Mil o a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2104 378 244 51 17
French
Etymology
Cognate to English Miles and Milo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr male
Italian
Etymology
From it grc Μῆλος.
Pronunciation
Mìlo
Proper noun
f
it island c/Greece Milos
Anagrams
it ilmo Lomi limo limò moli olmi
it exonyms
Latin
Proper noun
Milō<3.both> m
a cognomen
Declension
Milō<3.both>
Serbo-Croatian
sr:Мило (име)
Pronunciation
mǐːlo
Proper noun
Mȉlo m-an
sh male
Declension
Milo Mile//Mila Milu//Mili Milu//Mila Milo Milu//Mili Milom
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Milová
sk m
Declension
m-pr surn
Further reading
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /mi.ˈlɔ/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa male Milo