nao

noun, adj, adv — 3 senses

nao

noun

/naʊ/

Etymology Borrowed from Spanish nao.

1

Nautical, Transport Historical, Rare A Spanish or Portuguese carrack.

I got vivid descriptions of the sea battle at Chaul from the Mamluk sailors and the Ottoman gunners so that I could clearly visualise the Mamluk galleys and the Ottoman guns battling the Portuguese naos at the entrance of the Kundalika river.2007, Eusebio L. Rodrigues, Love and Samsāra:

nao

adj

1

Internet, Deliberate, Humorous, Misspelling Deliberate misspelling of now.

nao

adv

1

Internet, Deliberate, Humorous, Misspelling Deliberate misspelling of now.

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