What does CIAO mean?

Definitions for CIAO
tʃaʊciao

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aloha, ciaonoun

    an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)

Wiktionary

  1. ciaointerjection

    hello, hi (especially US), howdy (US).

  2. ciaointerjection

    bye, goodbye.

  3. Etymology: From ciao ("hello, goodbye"), from ciao ("hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant"), from s-ciao / s-ciavo ("servant, slave"), from sclavus, related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetian S-ciavón ("Slav"), from Latin Sclavonia ("Slavonia").

Wikipedia

  1. CIAO

    Component-Integrated ACE ORB, a CORBA Component Model (CCM) implementation CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online, an electronic database from Columbia University Press CIAO (AM): Radio station at 790 kHz in Brampton, Ontario CHLO (AM): Radio station at 530 kHz in Brampton, Ontario, that once held the CIAO call sign

ChatGPT

  1. ciao

    "Ciao" is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both 'hello' and 'goodbye'. Originally from the Venetian language, it has been adopted by many other languages as a friendly and casual farewell or greeting.

Wikidata

  1. Ciao

    The word "ciao" is an informal Italian verbal salutation or greeting, meaning either "hello", "hi", "goodbye", or "bye". Originally from the Venetian language, it was adopted into the Italian language and eventually entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. The word is mostly used as "goodbye" or "bye" in English, but in modern Italian and in other languages it may mean "hello" or "goodbye", similar to the word shalom in Hebrew, salaam in Arabic, or aloha in Hawaiian. The Vietnamese word chào, while similar-sounding, is unrelated etymologically.

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    What does CIAO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CIAO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CIAO in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CIAO in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of CIAO in a Sentence

  1. Lindsay Lohan:

    The positive side of it is, I’m OK. Happy New Year and God bless. Ciao, actually my shaman told me it was good luck and positive energy so God bless.

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