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Ouou.
n.  a populated place in the Pangasinan region of the Philippines.


n.  a stream in Central African Republic.


Ouoya.
n.  a stream in the Gueckedou region of Guinea.


ouu.
interj.  a scolding word; “shame on you.”

<[He] came up and shook his finger scoldingly and said, “Ouu, Bobby— ... you got in trouble.  You better be good.”  —Jerry Spinelli, The Library Card.>

interj.  oh.

<Ouu, thank you, God bless you, you’re so nice.  —K. C. Constantine, Saving Room for Dessert: A Rocksburg Novel.>

interj.  the deep grunt of football players primed for action.

<Us footballers all jumped up and pumped our fists and went, “Ouu!  Ouu!”  The coach grinned and pumped us one back and we went wild.  —Jerry Spinelli, Crash.>

n.  a mumble of a dying person, as in The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman.


ouuu.
adv.  truly.

<I hear the palmetta bug saying something.  Yeah, saying, “Ouuu, it’s nice here.  I don’t believe this woman washes herself, yeah.”  —Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch.>


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