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Definition of ciao exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ciao

exclamation
 
/tʃaʊ/
 
/tʃaʊ/
(from Italian, informal)
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  1. goodbye
    Word Origin1920s: Italian, dialect alteration of schiavo ‘(I am your) slave’, from medieval Latin sclavus ‘slave’.
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