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Hip·po H0212400 (hĭp′ō) also Hippo Re·gi·us (rē′jē-əs) An ancient city of northwest Africa in present-day northeast Algeria south of Annaba. Saint Augustine was its bishop from ad 396 to 430.
hip·po H0212400 (hĭp′ō)n. pl. hip·pos A hippopotamus.hippo (ˈhɪpəʊ) n, pl -pos1. (Animals) short for hippopotamus2. South African an armoured police carhip•po (ˈhɪp oʊ)
n., pl. -pos. a hippopotamus. [by shortening] Hip•po (ˈhɪp oʊ)
n. Hippo Regius. hippo- a combining form meaning “horse”: hippodrome. [< Greek, comb. form of híppos, c. Latin equus, Old English eoh, Skt aśvas, Lithuanian ašvà] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Hippo - an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern AlgeriaHippo RegiusAlgeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s | | 2. |  hippo - massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africahippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horseartiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each footgenus Hippopotamus - type genus of the Hippopotamidae |
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HippoA slang term for the deciding opinion in a meeting, when it is delivered by the senior-most person. The term is an acronym for highest paid person's opinion.HiPPO
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| HiPPO➣Highest Paid Person's Opinion | | HiPPO➣Help International Plant Protein Organisation (UK) | | HiPPO➣Helping Improve Pediatric Practice Outcomes (American Academy of Pediatrics) | | HiPPO➣Headquarters Information Program Planning Office | | HiPPO➣Hardened Infrastructure Protection, Persistent Operations (security) | | HiPPO➣Habitat Destruction, Invasive Species, Population, Pollution, Overharvesting (factors endangering species) |
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Synonyms for Hipponoun an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern AlgeriaSynonymsRelated Words- Algeria
- Algerie
- Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
noun massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical AfricaSynonyms- hippopotamus
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- river horse
Related Words- artiodactyl
- artiodactyl mammal
- even-toed ungulate
- genus Hippopotamus
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