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Meaning of "Maewo" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAEWO

Maewo  [mɑːˈeɪwəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAEWO

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maewo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAEWO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maewo

Maewo is an island in Vanuatu in Penama province, 105 km to the east of Espiritu Santo. It is 47 km long, and 6 km wide, with an area of 269 km². Its highest point is 795 m above sea level. In 2009 the island had a population of almost 3,600.

Definition of Maewo in the English dictionary

The definition of Maewo in the dictionary is an almost uninhabited island in Vanuatu Also called: Aurora.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAEWO


Iwo
ˈiːwəʊ
Luo
ləˈwəʊ
Manchoukuo
ˈmænˈtʃuːˈkwəʊ
Manchukuo
ˈmænˈtʃuːˈkwəʊ
whoa
wəʊ
wo
wəʊ
woah
wəʊ
woe
wəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAEWO

Maeander
Maebashi
Maecenas
maelid
maelstrom
maenad
maenadic
maenadically
maenadism
maestoso
maestri
Maestricht
maestro
maestro di cappella
Maeterlinck
MAF
Mafeking
MAFF
Maffia

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAEWO

four-by-two
half two
in two
number two
one or two
one-two
sixty-two
two
World War Two

Synonyms and antonyms of Maewo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Maewo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAEWO

Find out the translation of Maewo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Maewo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Maewo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迈沃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Maewo
570 millions of speakers

English

Maewo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Maewo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من Maewo
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Maewo
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Maewo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Maewo এ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Maéwo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maewo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maewo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マエウォ諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마에 오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maewo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Maewo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Maewo ல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Maewo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Maewo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Maewo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Maewo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Maewo
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Maewo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Maewo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Maewo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Maewo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Maewo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Maewo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAEWO»

The term «Maewo» is normally little used and occupies the 125.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAEWO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Maewo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Maewo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Maewo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAEWO»

Discover the use of Maewo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Maewo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Composition Linguistique Des Nations Du Monde
COTE OUEST. VILLAGE DE BOATPASIS (30) MAEWO. CENTRAL MAEWO DU CENTRE TRYON ETHNDL 79 74 E E 350 A 270 TALISE / TALISE MAEWO ISLAND. CENTRAL REGION - INCLUDES NASAWA AND PETARARA / ILE MAEWO.
Heinz Kloss, Grant D. McConnell, 1981
2
A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages
In vocabulary there is a likeness almost entirely due to the IN words, but even these are less changed in Raga, Opa and Maewo than in the Banks' Group, the Maewo speech agreeing most with Banks' dialects1. 15. FINAL SOUNDS. Closed  ...
Sidney Herbert Ray, 2014
3
The Life of Captain James Cook
What he did, briefly, having turned the upper end of the right or eastern arm, was to sail down inside that arm, first between Maewo and Oba, then along Pentecost and through the channel between Ambrim and Malekula, where the two ...
J. C. Beaglehole, 1992
4
Sounds of Secrets: Field Notes on Ritual Music and Musical ...
That he refers only here to the polyrhythmic drummingstyle mightbeahintthathe did notheardrummingon otherislands.However,the drums on Santo seem to have been the missing link between the drumming on Ambae, Maewo and Pentecost ...
Raymond Ammann, 2012
5
The Other Side: Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu
For the rest of the region Tagaro more typically assumes the more positively valued position, as in Maewo and Ambae. Indeed, in Anglican contexts his name is often used as a translation for God. In north Pentecost at least, these divergent  ...
John Patrick Taylor, 2008
6
South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture
Boe, now retired, and the male fieldworker, Jeffrey Uliboe, Irene has revived the making of two important Maewo textiles, has reinvigorated the women's status- alteration ritual, lengwasa, and has taken up and extended the use of indigenous  ...
Chris Healy, Andrea Witcomb, 2006
7
Vanished Islands And Hidden Continents Of The Pacific
Many of the modern inhabitants of Maewo Island, together with some in eastern Ambae (Aoba) and northern Pentecost, are familiar with the story of an island that disappeared in the area bifo bifo yet (very long ago). It is generally believed that ...
Patrick D. Nunn, 2009
8
Unfolding the Moon: Enacting Women's Kastom in Vanuatu
Most importantly, it was Gwero who introduced me to both James Anding, the president of the Ambae/Maewo Local Government Council (LGC), and Selwyn Aru, the Ambae/Maewo LGC secretary. Aru was himself familiar with the academic ...
Lissant Bolton, 2003
9
Vanuatu
154 Maewo - Western Maewo Getting There & Away Maewo's airfield is at Naone in the north. Vanair offers one direct flight to Santo each week and one via Longana and Walaha on Ambae. MV Keidi (« 36530) travels from the quay at ...
Michelle Bennett, Jocelyn Harewood, 2003
10
Arts of Vanuatu
It seems that the female mat costume tradition may not have reached northern Maewo by the time Europeans first appeared in the area, and it had definitely not reached the Banks Islands, where, up until at least the 1 870s. most women wore  ...
Joël Bonnemaison, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAEWO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Maewo is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Télécoms Sans Frontières Provides Communications After Angry …
... team will be assessing the telecom situation as it stands in the Penama province, focusing on the islands of Pentecost, Aoba and Maewo. «SatNews Publishers, Mar 15»
2
Delays on flow of Vanuatu aid
... and Banks, and then south past Maewo and Pentecost, before whipping through the Shepard islands and passing Erromango and Tanna. «Radio New Zealand, Mar 15»
3
Cyclone Pam threatens Vanuatu in the South Pacific
It was located about 90 miles east-northeast of Maewo, an island in central Vanuatu, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center. «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
4
People to face law over Vanuatu sorcery killings
A few years ago, people on the island of Maewo cut two people into pieces after they were suspected of committing witchcraft. Earlier this year ... «Radio New Zealand, Nov 14»
5
Vanuatu needs to grow tourism with existing airport
The main Islands within these provinces include: Banks and Torres (Torba), Espiritu Santo (Sanma), Maewo and Pentecost (Penama), ... «eTurboNews, Aug 14»
6
Isolated Vanuatu community builds its own hydro power plant
The lights are on not on yet, but they do have electricity on the remote island of Maewo in Vanuatu, where the local community has more than ... «Radio Australia, Jul 14»
7
Visit Pacific paradise Vanuatu, an exotic and exciting land
Here the island chain splits in two. To tack west for Malekula and Espiritu Santo meant missing Pentecost and Maewo to the east. After a difficult ... «My Sailing, Jun 14»
8
Jeflix lives out his python passion in visit to Australia Zoo
The Crocodile Hunter came to Maewo Island about 10 years ago. Steve was driven around the island by Jeflix's father, who even dropped him ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jan 13»
9
'A recipe for political instability'
Two men from the island of Maewo were accused of witchcraft and reportedly chopped to pieces on the beach with an axe. There is a political ... «Sunday Star Times, Jun 10»
10
Vanuatu has high hopes for new Kava based Lava Kola
DORNEY: They are sourcing their kava from one island in Vanuatu, Maewo, and the local Member of Parliament, Philip Boedoro, says the ... «Radio Australia, Mar 10»

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