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Definition: APO |
APO1. A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous. |
Date "APO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references) |
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In Incan mythology, Apo was a god of mountains.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Apo."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines. It rises 2,954 meters high and overlooks Davao City, a few kilometers to the northeast.Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the country. The summit is very easy to reach, unlike other mountains such as Mt. Halcon and Mt. Banahaw. On May 9, 1936, Mount Apo was declared a national park by Pres. Manuel L. Quezon. The mountain is home to over 270 bird species, with more than a hundred that are endemic.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mount Apo."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
APO | English | American Prizes Office | N/A |
| Apo E | Danish | Apoprotein E | Medicine |
| Apo E | English | Apolipoprotein E | Medicine |
| Apo E | Italian | Apolipoproteina E | Medicine |
| Apo E | Spanish | Apolipoproteína E | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: APO |
| Specialty definitions using "APO": Apolipoproteins C, Apolipoproteins E. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "APO": Apothecary. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "APO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (or), Cebuano (grandchild), Hawaiian (or). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ohi apo mousmoula (Kitrina gantia, Ta; writing credit: Christos Giannakopoulos; Alekos Sakellarios) Portokalada apo portokali (Kitrina gantia, Ta; writing credit: Christos Giannakopoulos; Alekos Sakellarios) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Diestrammenoi apo tin genna tous (1974) Martyries apo tin Kypro (1974) Apo tin alli ohthi (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Republic of Congo | Its mailing address is Brazzaville Embassy Office, c/o American Embassy Kinshasa, Box 31550, APO AE 09828. (references) |
Peru | The mailing address from the United States is American Embassy Lima, APO AA 34031 (use U.S. domestic postage rates). (references) | |
Kuwait | Plot 14, Block 14, Bayan Plan 36302. The mailing address is P.O. Box 77, SAFAT, 13001 SAFAT, Kuwait; or Unit 69000 APO AE 09880. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | Mail using U.S. domestic postage may be addressed to Unit 64100, APO AE 09831. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The APO address is: American Embassy, Unit 61307, APO AE 09803-1307. The Embassy telephone number is (966)(1) 488-3800; the fax number is (966)(1) 488-7275. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "APO" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 47.06% of the time. "APO" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 47.06% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 29.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 23.53% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "APO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Apo | Last name | 400 | 19,837 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "APO": apo-a, Apo-b, Apo-c, apo-enzyme, apo-protein. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
apo | 166 | apo furosemide | 7 |
apo address | 36 | apo sulfatrim ds | 7 |
apo a e | 36 | apo sertraline | 6 |
apo fpo | 27 | apo triazide | 6 |
apo hiking society | 27 | apo ap | 6 |
apo online | 26 | apo ranitidine | 6 |
sap apo | 25 | apo amoxi | 6 |
apo amitriptyline | 22 | apo pravastatin | 6 |
apo resume sap | 19 | apo clonazepam | 6 |
apo naproxen | 16 | apo military | 6 |
apo prednisone | 15 | apo hydroxyzine | 6 |
apo metronidazole | 15 | apo simvastatin | 5 |
apo lorazepam | 13 | address apo fpo | 5 |
apo shipping | 13 | apo propranolol | 5 |
apo sulfatrim | 12 | apo mail | 5 |
apo zip code | 9 | apo divalproex | 5 |
apo oxazepam | 9 | sigma 400 5.6 apo | 5 |
apo hydro | 9 | apo lisinopril | 5 |
apo cephalex | 8 | sigma 70 300 apo | 5 |
apo mt | 8 | apo ibuprofen | 5 |
apo metoprolol | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "APO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | apoenzym (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Dutch | apo-enzyme (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Finnish | apoentsyymi (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
French | apoferment (apo-enzyme), apo-enzyme (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
German | Apoferment (apo-enzyme), Apoenzym (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Greek | απένζυμο (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tábori posta (army post office, field post, in the field). (various references) | |
Italian | apoenzima (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Korean | 군사 우체국. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apoay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | apofermento (apo-enzyme), apoenzima (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Spanish | apofermento (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
Swedish | apoenzym (apo-enzyme). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anhggelh de laban tw surw th trith hmera oti apedra iakwb |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | It was tolde to Laban, the thridde day, that Jacob fleeiy. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Apo the thirde day after was it tolde Laba yt Iacob was fled. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | Ug gisugilon kang Laban sa ikatolo ka adlaw nga si Jacob mikalagiw. |
| Chinese | 到 第 三 日 、 有 人 告 訴 拉 班 、 雅 各 逃 跑 了 。 |
| Croatian | Treæeg dana obavijeste Labana da je Jakov pobjegao. |
| Danish | Tredjedagen fik Laban Melding om, at Jakob var flygtet; |
| Dutch | En ten derden dage werd aan Laban geboodschapt, dat Jakob gevloden was. |
| Finnish | Mutta kolmantena päivänä Laabanille ilmoitettiin, että Jaakob oli paennut. |
| French | Le troisième jour, on annonça Laban que Jacob s`était enfui. |
| German | Am dritten Tage ward Laban angesagt, daß Jakob geflohen wäre. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Baru tiga hari kemudian Laban diberitahukan bahwa Yakub telah lari. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka selang tiga hari dikabarkan oranglah kepada Laban, mengatakan: Yakub sudah lari. |
| Italian | Al terzo giorno fu riferito a L bano che Giacobbe era fuggito. |
| Maori | A i te toru o nga ra ka korerotia ki a Rapana, kua oma a Hakopa. |
| Norwegian | Den tredje dag efter fikk Laban vite at Jakob var flyktet. |
| Rumanian | A treia zi, au dat de veste lui Laban cq Iacov a fugit. |
| Spanish | Al tercer día le informaron a Labán que Jacob había huido. |
| Swedish | Men på tredje dagen fick Laban veta att Jakob hade flytt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "APO": apoapsides, apoapsis, apocalypse, apocalypses, apocalyptic, apocalyptical, apocalyptically, apocalypticism, apocalypticisms, apocalyptism, apocalyptisms, apocalyptist, apocalyptists, apocarp, apocarpies, apocarps, apocarpy, apochromatic, apocope, apocopes, apocopic, apocrine, apocrypha, apocryphal, apocryphally, apocryphalness, apocryphalnesses, apod, apodal, apodeictic, apodictic, apodictically, apodoses, apodosis, apodous, apods, apoenzyme, apoenzymes, apogamic, apogamies, apogamous, apogamy, apogeal, apogean, apogee, apogees, apogeic, apolipoprotein, apolipoproteins, apolitical, apolitically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "APO": capo, cheapo, gestapo, kakapo. (additional references) | |
Words containing "APO": capon, caponata, caponatas, caponier, caponiers, caponize, caponized, caponizes, caponizing, capons, caporal, caporals, capos, capote, capotes, capouch, capouches, cheapos, cockapoo, cockapoos, contraposition, contrapositions, contrapositive, contrapositives, dalapon, dalapons, decapod, decapodan, decapodans, decapodous, decapods, diapositive, diapositives, escapologies, escapologist, escapologists, escapology, evaporate, evaporated, evaporates, evaporating, evaporation, evaporations, evaporative, evaporator, evaporators, evaporite, evaporites, evaporitic, evapotranspiration, evapotranspirations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p" | |
-1 letter: op, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p" | |
+1 letter: apod, atop, capo, dopa, opah, opal, prao, proa, soap. | |
+2 letters: adopt, apods, aport, apron, atopy, campo, capon, capos, coapt, copal, copra, dopas, galop, jalop, kapok, koppa, nopal, okapi, opahs, opals, opera, paeon, pagod, panto, pareo, pargo, parol, parvo, paseo, patio, payor, piano, poach, podia, polar, polka, pooka, poppa, praos, proas, psoae, psoai, psoas, sapor, soaps, soapy, spado, topaz, vapor, yapok, yapon. | |
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