Ado
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Vernacular form of Aadam (“Adam”) and Aadolf (“Adolph”).
Related terms edit
Proper noun edit
Ado
- a male given name
Italian edit
Proper noun edit
Ado m
- a male given name
Anagrams edit
Old Saxon edit
Proper noun edit
Ado
- a male given name
References edit
- Dr. Heyne, Mortiz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 1.
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ado m anim (genitive singular Ada, nominative plural Adovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a diminutive of the male given name Adam
Declension edit
Declension of Ado
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Àdó
- Benin City (a city in Nigeria)
Etymology 2 edit
From a- (“agent prefix”) + dó (“to establish a human settlement”), literally “The place we settled”.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Adó
Etymology 3 edit
Possibly from àdó (“tiny gourd type for blowing or for storing ritual medicine”)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Àdó
- (Ekiti) a female given name, a shortened form of the name Àdótinuá