FromMiddle Dutchpau,pauwe, fromOld Dutch*pauwo, fromProto-Germanic*pāwô, fromLatinpāvō, likely fromAncient Greekταώς(taṓs), of uncertain further origin.

• IPA^(key): /pɑu̯/,[pɑu̯],[pʌu̯]

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• Hyphenation:pauw
• Rhymes:-ɑu̯

pauw m (pluralpauwen,diminutivepauwtje n)

1. Apeacock, a fowl of the genusPavo.
2. (particularly)Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

   Synonym:blauwe pauw

• Afrikaans:pou
• Negerhollands:powwis
• → Munsee:páaw
• → Papiamentu:pòwis

• pauw on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia^nl
• Pauw (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia^nl

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