ciao
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- Etymology
- Spread
- Usage as greeting
- Variations
- See also
- Notes
( , ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye".
Originally from the Venetian language, it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. Its dual meaning of "hello" and "goodbye" makes it similar to in Arabic, wikt:안녕| in Korean, in Hawaiian, wikt:درود| (wikt:بدرود|) in Persian, and wikt:chào| in Vietnamese (the last is a false cognate; the two words are not linguistically related despite sounding similar to each other).
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