hippo

1. 1.

   an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria

   SynonymsHippo Regius

   Broadertown

   Part ofAlgeria
2. 2.

   massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

   Synonymshippopotamusriver horseHippopotamus amphibius

   Broadereven-toed ungulate

   Part ofgenus Hippopotamus

Other forms of hippo

plural

hippoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hippo

What does hippo mean?

hippo means "an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hippo?

hippo has 2 syllables: hip-po. The stress falls on "hip". In IPA it is /ˈhɪpoʊ/.

What is another word for hippo?

Close synonyms include Hippo Regius, hippopotamus, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hippo a common word?

hippo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.