Associations to the word «Abo»

Wiktionary

ABO, noun. (Australia) (offensive) (ethnic slur) (slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
ABO, noun. Alternative letter-case form of abo [First attested in the early 20th century.]
ÅBO, proper noun. Swedish name of Turku
ABO GROUP, noun. (medical) The basic system of categorizing blood by antigen type.

Dictionary definition

ABO, noun. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats