geo

Symbol

geo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Georgian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Norn gjo, from Old Norse gjá.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡjəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

geo (plural geos)

1. (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

See also

• neo-geo

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Etymology 1

Clipping of geodriehook.

Etymology 2

Clipping of geografie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.

Pronoun

geo

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Alternative forms

• ġiō, iū

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː/

Adverb

ġeō

1. at some former time: once, before
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
     hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
     wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

     since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
     with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
     traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

2. already

Noun

geo m or f by sense (plural geos)

1. a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones

Further reading

• “geo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10