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ciao (chou) interjection
Used to express greeting or farewell.
[Italian, from dialectal ciau, alteration of Italian (sono vostro) schiavo,
(I am your) slave, from Medieval Latin sclavus.]
"Thankfully, by the film's end, the Allied forces save the day and
a happy ending greets everyone. Ciao."
Francis Dass, Dull and ditzy flick, The New Straits Times, Mar 18, 2000.
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