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Ado

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ado"

Estonian

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Etymology

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Vernacular form of Aadam (“Adam”) and Aadolf (“Adolph”).

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Proper noun

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Ado

  1. a male given name

Italian

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Proper noun

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Ado m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

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Old Saxon

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Proper noun

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Ado

  1. a male given name

References

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  1. Dr. Heyne, Mortiz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 1.

Slovak

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Proper noun

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Ado m pers (genitive singular Ada, nominative plural Adovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Adam

Declension

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Declension of Ado
singular plural
nominative Ado Adovia
genitive Ada Adov
dative Adovi Adom
accusative Ada Adov
locative Adovi Adoch
instrumental Adom Adami

Further reading

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  • “Adam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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From Edo Ẹdó.

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Àdó

  1. Benin City (a city in Nigeria)

Etymology 2

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From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ dó (“to establish a human settlement”), literally “The place we settled”.

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Adó

  1. Ado Ekiti (a city in Nigeria)
    Synonym: Adó-Èkìtì

Etymology 3

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Possibly from àdó (“tiny gourd type for blowing or for storing ritual medicine”)

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Àdó

  1. (Ekiti) a female given name
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