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Po

Po, Italy Padus Italy's most important river has a name that is of uncertain origin. The Ligurian name was Bodincus from a possible Indo‐European root bhedh from which comes the Latin fundus ‘bottom’; the overall meaning therefore was ‘bottomless’. Padus was probably a Celtic name meaning ‘pines’, a reference to the forests surrounding the delta.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Po." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Pʾo

Pʾo. Component in Chinese anthropology, one of two spiritual elements in the human (the other being hun). Pʾo is associated with the dark and passive side, i.e. yin; and at death, the pʾo returns to the earth. With the pʾo is associated the kuei, which represents the unsettled and vengeful element of pʾo in some circumstances of death: for details see SHEN.

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Po

Po Italy's longest river, in n Italy. It rises in the Cottian Alps near the French border, and flows e to empty into the Adriatic Sea. The Po valley is an important industrial and agricultural region, and water from the river is used extensively in irrigation schemes. Length: 650km (405mi).

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PO • abbr. ∎  Petty Officer. ∎  postal order. ∎  Post Office. ∎  purchase order.

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PO abbr. Petty Officer.

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PO parcels office
• parole officer
• par ordre (French: by order)
• Passport Office
• Patent Office
• personnel officer
• petty officer
• Philharmonic Orchestra
• pilot officer
• Portsmouth (postcode or British vehicle registration)
• postal order
• Post Office
• power-operated
• Chem. propylene oxide
• Province of Ontario
• public office(r)
• Pyrénées-Orientales (department of France)

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-PO1.html

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-PO1.html

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