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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

nao, the Spanish word for a ship during the 13th–16th centuries. It was not any particular type of vessel, only the general word meaning ship. The three ships with which Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in 1492, though caravels in type, were all described as naos in contemporary Spanish records.

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Nao

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Nao ♂, ♀ (Japanese) ‘Honest’; also short for any name beginning with Nao-.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Nao." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Nao." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Nao.html

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NAO

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

NAO National Audit Office

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "NAO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 28 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. "NAO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-NAO.html

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