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arvo

[ ahr-voh ]

noun

Australian Slang.


arvo

/ ˈɑːəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    afternoon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of arvo1

First recorded in 1930–35; af(ternoon) + -o, with voicing of -f-; ar is r-less speaker's representation of low back vowel; cf. humorously dialectal spelling 'arf for Cockney pronunciation of half
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Magic returned with Arvo Pärt’s “Hymn to a Great City” in the second half.

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Estonians avoid extremes; their national cultural icon is minimalist composer Arvo Pärt, whose pieces can seem barely there.

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Her husband, Arvo Hallik, said Friday he would sell his 25% stake in Stark Logistics, a trucking company that worked with an Estonian company involved in Russia.

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Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported this week that Stark Logistics, an Estonian company in which Kallas' husband Arvo Hallik indirectly owns a 25% share, has been supplying an aerosol container factory in Russia, owned by another Estonian company.

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Other contemporary composers, such Arvo Pärt and the late John Tavener, have tapped into a musical representation of orthodox Christianity offering spiritual salve to a wider mainstream audience.

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