Mau

From mȧu, the rendering of Egyptian mjw (“cat”) in Karl Richard Lepsius’s 19th-century transcription system.

Mau (plural Maus)

1. A kind of short-haired domestic cat.

• Arabian Mau
• Egyptian Mau

Mau

1. A city and district of Azamgarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

• AMU, AUM, MUA, UMA, Uma, amu, aum

From Middle High German mouwe, from Old High German mouwa, from Proto-West Germanic *mauwu, from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Cognate with Dutch mouw.

• IPA^(key): /mɔu̯/

Mau f (plural Maue, diminutive Mäuche)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian) sleeve

• Ärm