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ciao

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ciao /tʃaʊ/

▶exclamation informal used as a greeting at meeting or parting.

– origin Ital., dial. alt. of schiavo ‘(I am your) slave’.

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