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A.Word.A.Day--ciao Pronunciation: WAV 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. This week's theme: words with unusual etymologies. X-Bonus The greatest homage to truth is to use it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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