Karo

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Karo pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group from Ethiopia.
2. The indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra.

Karo

1. A Tupian language.
2. An Omotic language.
3. A Nilotic language of Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC.

• Karo Batak

Borrowed from Old Javanese karwa (“both; and; with”). By surface analysis, rua (“two”) +‎ ka-. From ro (“two”) +‎ ka-. Doublet of karo.

Karo (Balinese script ᬓᬭᭀ)

1. second month of the Balinese lunar calendar

• “karo” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of Quadrat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ʁo/

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Karo n (strong, genitive Karos, plural Karos)

1. rhombus, check, chequer, square
2. (card games) diamonds

• → Macedonian: каро n (karo)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ка̏ро m

  Latin script: kȁro m

Borrowed from French carreau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːʀoː/

Karo m (plural Karoen)

1. rhombus
2. quadrilateral
3. square