Translation
A place where wild animals are kept so that people can visit and see them.
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Word origin
Short for zoological garden. Zoological came from Greek zoion, meaning animal.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- zoion
- English cognates
- zoology
Grammar
Examples
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A zoo keeps wild animals for people to see.
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Zoo is short for zoological garden, a garden of animals.
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We say at the zoo or to the zoo.
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