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Vinony

coco

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊkə/ / /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ / /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/

name

Etymology: From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).

  1. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A surname from Sicilian.

noun

Etymology: From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque.

  1. Coconut palm.

    “I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.”

  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

    “They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.”

    “The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]”