nao

plural naos

1. historicalrarenauticalA 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

1. InternetdeliberatehumorousmisspellingDeliberate misspelling of now.

1. InternetdeliberatehumorousmisspellingDeliberate misspelling of now.

1. USabbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of National Applications Office: a former agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2. UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Audit Office.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Nautical Almanac Office.
4. abbreviationinitialismclimatologyInitialism of North Atlantic oscillation.
5. abbreviationAbbreviation of Nenets Autonomous Okrug: a federal subject of Russia.

1. A female or male given name from Japanese.