Oro- Definition

ōrō, ōrə; ôrō, ôrə
prefix
Mountain.
Orogeny.
American Heritage

Forming compound terms with the sense of mouth.

Wiktionary

Forming compound terms relating to mountains.

Wiktionary
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Mountain.
Orography.
Webster's New World

Origin of Oro-

  • From combining form of Ancient Greek ὄρος (oros, “mountain, high ground"), from ὀρέσθαι (oresthai, “to raise oneself").

    From Wiktionary

  • Irregular formation from combining form of Latin os (“mouth").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek from oros mountain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oro- Sentence Examples

  • The Cerro de Oro series is the most important group of these beds and takes a considerable share in the formation of the mountain ranges.

  • The chief point of interest in his account is that he speaks of the species having been already taken from New Spain (Mexico) to the islands and to Castilla del Oro (Darien), where it bred in a domestic state among the Christians.

  • However this may be - for our information at this point of the story is miserably meagre - on the 24th of August Oro Alaric and his Goths burst in by the Salarian gate on the north-east of the city, and she who was of late the mistress of the world lay at the feet of the barbarians.

  • Lines from Puerto Bolivar to Machala, province of El Oro, and another from Bahia de Caraquez to Chone, were under construction in 1908.

  • Gold is found in the province of El Oro, where the great Zaruma and other companies have opened a number of mines.

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