ciao
[ chah-aw; English chou ]
/ ˈtʃɑ ɔ; English tʃaʊ /
interjection Italian.
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
Example sentences from the Web for ciao
I believe the word is derived from “schiavo,” a slave, which became corrupted into “schiao,” and “ciao.”
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