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The word ciao (pronounced "chow" /tʃao/) is an informal Italian verbal salutation or greeting, meaning either "goodbye" or "hello". Originally from the Venetian language (this word means "servant"), it was adopted by Italian and eventually entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. The word is mostly used as "goodbye" in English, but in other languages it may mean "hello", "goodbye", or both. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Ciao (ちゃお) is a Japanese Shojo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls (avarage age 11 years). ... A salutation is a greeting, in particular a formal greeting used in a letter. ... Greeting is a way for humans to intentionally communicate awareness of each others presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. ... Look up Goodbye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up hello in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Etymology

"s-ciào vostro", (or "Sono vostro servo" in Italian) is a Venetian sentence, literally meaning "I am your servant". This greeting is analogous to the Latin Servus which is still used in a large section of central/eastern Europe by people in Hungary, Romania, Austria, Slovakia and Bavaria (Southern Germany), this either in the native language of each speaker or in the original Latin form (famous Austrian song "Sag beim Abschied leise: Servus" ("Say softly 'Servus', when we part"). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Servus (Hungarian: Szervusz, Polish: Serwus, German: Servus, Ukrainian: Сервус) is a greeting or parting salute. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ...

The word s-ciào ['stʃao] is still used in Venetian and in Lombardian as an exclamation of resignation in unavoidable situations. A Milanese proverb/tongue-twister says "Se gh'inn gh'inn, se gh'inn no s-ciào" (If they are - meaning money - they are, if they aren't no problem). In Italian: "Oh, va be', s-ciào" (Oh, well, never mind) Exclamation may refer to one of the following. ... A resignation is the formal act of giving up ones office or position. ...

Also derives from Venetian dialect saying "sciavo su" (I'm your servant) used as a greeting. In modern Italian it translates to "servo suo".

In Italian "schiavo" (slave) means a man that's property of the master, while "servo" (servant) means a paid low-rank butler. In Venetian, "s-ciào" means usually "servant": in "Serenissima" Republic of Venice there never was slavery.

Spread

The Venetian greeting, shortened to ciào, soon lost all its servile connotations, and came to be used as an informal salutation by speakers of all classes. It was adopted by the Italian language, with the spelling ciao, presumably during the golden days of the Venetian Republic. It has since spread to many countries in Europe, along with other items of the Italian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the salute spread to the Americas—especially Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina—largely by way of Italian immigrants. Ernest Hemingway is credited with bringing the word into the English language. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition states: “Ciao first appears in English in 1929 in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, which is set in northeast Italy during World War I.” The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1], Central America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Usage as greeting

In contemporary Italian usage, ciao is interchangeable for both an informal hello and goodbye, much as aloha in Hawaii or shalom in the Jewish-settler community in Palestine. In other countries it has come to have more specific meanings. The following list summarizes the spelling and uses of this salutation in various languages and countries. The phenomenon called the Aloha Spirit inspired the naming of Aloha Tower, which has greeted vessels to port at Honolulu Harbor since September 11, 1926. ... Look up Shalom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• Bosnian: ćao
• Bulgarian чао (transliterated as chao; "goodbye")
• Croatian: ćao
• Czech: čau ("hello" or "goodbye")
• English: ciao ("goodbye")
• Esperanto: "ĉaŭ" ("goodbye", rarely "hello")
• Estonian: "tšau" ("hello" or "goodbye")
• French: ciao, sometimes (frequent in Quebec, Canada) tchao ("goodbye")
• German: ciao, sometimes tschau ("goodbye")
• Hungarian: csáó or the more informal csá ("hello or "goodbye")
• Interlingua: ciao ("goodbye")
• Italian: ciao ("hello" or "goodbye"). Doubled (ciao ciao) is used just as "goodbye". Tripled or quadrupled means "Bye, I'm in a hurry!". Pronounced with a long "a" means "Hello, I'm so glad to meet you!" (be it sincere or hypocritical). Pronouncing the "i" is flirtatious (it sounds like a meowing of a cat)
• Latvian: čau ("hello" or "goodbye"; this is by far the most common form of informal salutation used in Latvian)
• Lithuanian: čiau ("goodbye", rarely "hello")
• Macedonian: чао ("goodbye")
• Maltese: ċaw ("goodbye"); also ċaw ċaw ("bye bye")
• Portuguese,: tchau ("goodbye"); esp. in Brazil, also diminutive tchauzinho
• Romanian: ciao or rarely ciau ("goodbye", less frequently "hello")
• Russian чао (transliterated as chao; "goodbye"); also jokingly чао-какао
• Serbian: ћао or ćao ("goodbye", frequently "hello") - (this developed into to ћаос оr ćaos).
• Slovak: čau ("goodbye", less frequently "hello")
• Slovene: čaw ("hello" or "goodbye"); also čaw čaw ("bye bye")
• Spanish, esp. in Latin America: chau or chao ("goodbye")
• Swedish: tja ("hello", less frequently "goodbye")
• Turkish, çav ("goodbye")
• Venetian: ciào ("hello" or "goodbye")
• Vietnamese: chào ("hello" or "goodbye")

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Uses as titles and names

The greeting has also often been used as a name:

• Ciao, a leading girls' anime and manga magazine published by Shogakukan; see Ciao (magazine).
• Ciao, an e-commerce site; see Ciao (shopping comparison portal).
• Ciao, the 1990 FIFA World Cup mascot.
• Ciao Bella, an international gelato and sorbet company.
• Bella ciao, the title of a famous Italian partisan song.
• Piaggio Ciao, a motorbike produced by Piaggio.

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See also

• Hello
• Goodbye

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