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- Yiddish · borrowed fromייִוואָ
- English todayYIVO
Borrowed from Yiddish ייִוואָ (yivo), acronym of ייִדישער וויסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט (yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, “Jewish Scientific Institute”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.