CIAO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ciao mean? 

• CIAO (noun)
  The noun CIAO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CIAO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIAO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

aloha; ciao

Hypernyms ("ciao" is a kind of...):

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)