Iao.

n.  the god Jehovah, “the ineffable name of God, Yahweh” (Martin W. Meyer, The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World); see also Iaue, Iaou, Ya.

<[Iao is] the form usually taken by Jehovah’s name in magical texts of the Hellenistic age.  —Arthur B. Cook, “The Solar Wheel in Greece.”> <The Hebrew name of God, IAO, fascinated sorcerers by its vowels, always crucial in ancient magic.  —Dr. Daniel Botkin, “Linguistic Superstition And The Sacred Name Only Movement.”>

iaou.

n.  a cat noise, less melodious than the French spelling miaou.


n.  a French word for the sound of a bird’s call, as in the Arthur Rimbaud poem “Brussels.”

Iaou.

n.  an intermittent stream in Benin.


n.  the God of the Jews; “the greatest of all the gods, the supreme divinity,” according to the oracle of Apollo at Claros (Elijah Benamozegh, Israel and Humanity); see also Iaue, Iao, Ieue, Ya.

Iau.

n.  a populated place in the Northern region of Papua New Guinea.

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