Yeo
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- proper noun
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Yeo
- "If you are disappointed with the product we've provided, sir, I can switch you over to Kurt Yeo to discuss the problem."
- Yeo Kok
- Yeo, Singapore
- Lawrence Yeo
Examples
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The process that had condemned me to this trip below the Mason-Dixon line had begun when our CEO, Kurt Yeo, turned up in my section the week before.
Fiction book (2002) -
The members of the "home team" of those delivering papers spent their evenings with the Minister of Information and the Arts, George Yeo, and could bring news of the latest shifts in the government's cultural policies to bear on the issues debated in our panel discussions.
Academic text (1992) -
George Yeo, Singapore trade and industry minister, explained:
Academic text (2001) -
Oh, this foundation is Michelle Yeo's favorite.
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Yeo (1993) describes a study of six facilities for older adults that targeted their services to specific ethnic groups.
Academic text (1995) -
Yeo's six ethnic homes reflected acculturation with their hybrid menus.
Academic text (1995) -
Yeo, G. 1993. An International Market for the Arts. In Speeches: A Bi-Monthly Selection of Ministerial Speeches 17: 62-66.
Academic text (2009) -
But he remains suspended, as does his assistant and countryman, Jun Hyung Yeo, for knowing about the tampering but not reporting it.
Blog text (22) -
I stammered something about having to check back with Kurt Yeo, and got the hell out of there, a big packet of info the Colonel pressed on me tucked under one arm.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wilma Yeo published her first book last year, inspiring many aspiring writers.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yeo has different origins in different places. In England it often comes from an old English word ea meaning 'river', so it was used for people who lived by a river, while in East Asia Yeo is a common spelling of family names in Korea and China, so the same sound became a family name that marks a family line there.