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Mo

UK/məʊ/ US/moʊ/ common slang uk

noun

1.

a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel

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2.

a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

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From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.

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